“This telephone has too many shortcomings to be seriously considered as a means of communication. The device is inherently of no value to us.”
— Jon Erlichman (@JonErlichman) October 21, 2023
~Western Union staff memo, 1876 pic.twitter.com/iSHnfNoPHg
Conversational prudence
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