ziero0
15th May 2024, 03:28 AM
Go into Google Newspaper archives
https://news.google.com/newspapers
Find a newspaper from the 1800s to 1840. Start reading articles.
You will encounter the words inst and ult frequently. You never encounter these words today.
Before telegraph news was frequently months old. These news articles were labeled ult. Months past.
Other news was more current. This month. Labeled inst.
In this environment of millisecond communications we sometimes forget to ignore things are past and done. Ult.
Because communications is instant we tend to view all news as inst. Happening now. As if it is within our control to modify.
Our bad!
https://news.google.com/newspapers
Find a newspaper from the 1800s to 1840. Start reading articles.
You will encounter the words inst and ult frequently. You never encounter these words today.
Before telegraph news was frequently months old. These news articles were labeled ult. Months past.
Other news was more current. This month. Labeled inst.
In this environment of millisecond communications we sometimes forget to ignore things are past and done. Ult.
Because communications is instant we tend to view all news as inst. Happening now. As if it is within our control to modify.
Our bad!