SCANNING THE HISTORY OF MEDIA: Tools for Connection, Control or Liberation

From smoke signals to town criers, from pony express to the telegraph, and from telephones to the Internet, Tesla Towers and the Metaverse, humans have kept improving their means of connecting with each other.

SCANNING THE HISTORY OF MEDIA: Tools for Connection, Control or Liberation

From smoke signals to town criers, from pony express to the telegraph, and from telephones to the Internet, Tesla Towers and the Metaverse, humans have kept improving their means of connecting with each other.
Each new technology brings more potential for wonderful life enhancements and human bonding...or devastating weaponization for absolute control of information. What can we learn from this historical progression about the principles and practices by which we can liberate ourselves, rather than subjugating to worldwide totalitarian domination of our speech?