The Pace of Modern Life
19 June 2013 at 9:49 am Peter G. Klein 6 comments
| Peter Klein |
Technological advance and economic growth are ruining modern life — people don’t write long letters anymore, they don’t spend time together at meals, they speak quickly, and nobody stops to smell the roses. So said critics starting in 1871. A new entry for our “Nothing New under the Sun” series (via Josh Gans). NB: Some of you will tag 1871 as the start of modernity, for a different reason!
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Doug | 19 June 2013 at 11:07 am
1871, BC becomes a province!
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Randy | 19 June 2013 at 11:33 am
The National Rifle Association was founded. In New York, I believe.
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Peter Klein | 19 June 2013 at 11:43 am
I was thinking of Carl Menger, but these are good too.
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Ulrich | 19 June 2013 at 4:59 pm
The second german Reich was founded and a few years later the first social insurance was established.
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Scott Wallace | 21 June 2013 at 11:24 am
This sentiment is nicely captured in Orson Welles’ “The Magnificent Ambersons.” The film is based on a Booth Tarkington novel that chronicles the decline of a Midwest partiarchal family during the late nineteenth century. The opening montage showing the rapidly shifting fashions in men’s wear sets the theme for the rest of the film. Highly recommended.
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