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Re:'Our minds can be hijacked': tech insiders who fear a sma... by walshemj on Saturday October 07, 2017 @07:15PM (#15426211)
this is what they said about TVm rock and roll, comic books computer games etcetera etcetera going back to the dawn of time.

As Socrates's says “The children now love luxury. They have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise.”

Not mention the shocking depravity of shaving and painting statues blue

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Re:'Our minds can be hijacked': tech insiders who fear a sma... by musage on Sunday October 08, 2017 @12:47AM (#15427016)
Oh, that old chestnut. I bet that was also dragging that out when someone suggested x-ray machines in shoe shops might not be a great idea.
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Re:'Our minds can be hijacked': tech insiders who fear a sma... by walshemj on Sunday October 08, 2017 @01:35PM (#15429093)
After Marie Curie dying and the radium girls cases that actually had some good science behind it
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