17 min
✈️ “A Skeptical Nation Visits Upon the Airplane the Doubts it Once Felt for the Automobile" - The New York Times, 1928 Pessimists Aloud
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At the end of the 1920s aeroplanes were becoming a more common sight in the skies, in 1928 The New York Times reported on growing public disdain, comparing it to past reactions to transport innovations like the automobile and bicycle. The piece was subtitled “A Skeptical Nation Visits Upon the Airplane the Doubts it Once Felt for the Automobile” explores many of the patterns we see today play out with electric scooters, bicycles and self-driving cars.
🗞 Source: https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1928/12/23/95862830.pdf?pdf_redirect=true&ip=0
At the end of the 1920s aeroplanes were becoming a more common sight in the skies, in 1928 The New York Times reported on growing public disdain, comparing it to past reactions to transport innovations like the automobile and bicycle. The piece was subtitled “A Skeptical Nation Visits Upon the Airplane the Doubts it Once Felt for the Automobile” explores many of the patterns we see today play out with electric scooters, bicycles and self-driving cars.
🗞 Source: https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1928/12/23/95862830.pdf?pdf_redirect=true&ip=0
17 min