| domain | nealmueller.com |
| summary | The text provides historical perspectives on various technological advancements from different eras, highlighting societal concerns and criticisms associated with each innovation. Early personal computers in the 1980s were feared for causing unemployment and dehumanization. Automobiles since their inception in the 1900s have been seen as dangerous machines disrupting public safety. Telephones criticized in the same era for undermining face-to-face communication, electricity in the 1880s was viewed with apprehension due to fire hazards and disruption of daily life. Bicycles from the 1880s were claimed to cause health problems and moral decline while typewriters in the 1870s were criticized for making traditional clerical skills obsolete. Elevators feared as unsafe due to mechanical failure risks, railroads believed to harm livestock and cause physical illness because of their speed, vaccines opposed in the 1800s for violating personal freedom and religious beliefs, industrial machinery from the 1810s was seen as threatening skilled jobs and livelihoods. The closing statement reflects a profound philosophical viewpoint on technology's purpose and impact on human happiness. |
| title | Neal Mueller |
| description | This website is a collection of things I find inspiring. My interests include climbing, oceans and flight. |
| keywords | life, have, airlines, understanding, flight, security, general, behavior, time, plane, world, want, full, will, lists, airport, being |
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google.com, twitter.com, instagram.com, rollingstone.com, tim.blog, wikipedia.org, dolphinclub.org, wordpress.com |
| nslookup | A 192.0.78.182, A 192.0.78.234 |
| created | 2024-02-13 |
| updated | 2025-12-01 |
| summarized | 2025-12-01 |
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