Brian Marick'Hawthorne warns of the arrival of a technology so powerful that those born after it will lose the capacity for mature conversation. They will seek separate corners rather than common spaces, he prophesies. Their discussions will devolve into acrid debates, and “all mortal intercourse” will be “chilled with a fatal frost.” Hawthorne’s worry? The replacement of the open fireplace by the iron stove.' [Nathaniel Hawthorne in 1843]
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/01/27/the-sirens-call-chris-hayes-book-review
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