“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
In the current kerfuffle over kids and cell phones, Peter Gray, writing at Psychology Today Blogs, hears many rhymes with “moral panics” in the past. Here’s the ones he mentions specifically:
- Penny Dreadfuls and Dime Novels in the Victorian Era
- The Motion Picture Panic of the 1930s
- The Post-WWII Comic Book Panic
- The Video Game Panic of the 1990s and Early 21st Century
Follow the link for a detailed discussion of each.
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*Mark Twain.
