Before it was tamed by corporate interests in the 1920s, radio was a more of a social medium. In 'The Secret History of the Future' podcast, tomstandage and stevensonseth unearth clues about the technology of the future that lurk in the past
The Economist’s Tom Standage and Seth Stevenson of Slate
unearth curious tales hidden in the history of technology, and ask what they can tell us about the future. Radio was originally a social medium, as early radio sets turned cities into giant chatrooms, populated by Morse Code-tapping enthusiasts. But the excitement of this democratic, digital platform did not last, and radio was tamed by corporate interests in the 1920s. The utopian dream of platforms that are open and meritocratic has been reborn in the internet era in the form of blogging, and more recently podcasting.
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