The Scandalous Internet of the 1800s

Today's internet can be a noisy and complicated place, but humanity has seen it all before. In the 1800s, the telegraph triggered many of the same questions and concerns that social media does today — about privacy, information overload, moral corruption, and more. In this episode, travel back to see the origin of our internet-based fears... and whether those fears ever came true. Contact us: Web: pessimists.co Twitter and Instagram: @pessimistsarc Email: pessimistsarchive@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices