telephone

TELEPHONE’S 150TH ANNIVERSARY

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TELEPHONE’S 150TH ANNIVERSARY: Credit to All A. Michael Noll March 4, 2026 © copyright AMN 2026 [This blog by A. Michael Noll is distributed here with the permission of the author.] The telephone was patented by Alexander Graham Bell on March 7, 1876, although an inscription in the margin had been made on the Bell … Continue reading TELEPHONE’S 150TH ANNIVERSARY

THE COLLAPSE OF TELEPHONY

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[Posted with the permission of the author, A. Michael Noll] A. Michael Noll February 15, 2026 © 2026 AMN The telephone system in the United Stats seems to be nearly in a state of collapse – the voice quality is horrible, calls get disconnected, terrible noises and echoes occur frequently. This is what happens when … Continue reading THE COLLAPSE OF TELEPHONY

Should Elites Get Off Twitter?

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Should Elitists Get Off Twitter? An opinion piece in the Financial Times by Janan Ganesh (2022) argued that the real reason to get off Twitter was that it “reeks of low status”. Stay on it long enough and you can “catch” its tone of “domestic mediocrity”. Even elites who use this micro-blogging site should beware … Continue reading Should Elites Get Off Twitter?