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Jul 24, 2026
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We’re not going to stop using the latest technology, but can we at least be a little embarrassed about it?
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We’re not going to stop using the latest technology, but can we at least be a little embarrassed about it?
COMMENTARY
24 JULY 2026
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Has any cohort of Cassandras been more completely vindicated than those who warned us of the danger of television? In retrospect, it’s easy to see why replacing the hearth at the centre of the home with a screen broadcasting brainless corporate-sponsored programming was a bad idea, but at the time, those who warned us were mostly ignored or mocked.
Today, it’s the optimism of television’s early boosters that sounds ludicrous. In a 1953 ed…
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