Monthly Archives: July 2008

The Lifeworld revisited

I have never been the biggest fan of Jurgen Habermas- he is hard to understand, and his interest in never-ending public sphere dialogue remind me of an endless faculty meeting. But I must admit that lately I’ve been turned on … Continue reading

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Why was the answering machine suppressed for 45 years?

Bell’s engineers had an answering machine invented by 1935.   However it wasn’t until 1980 or so that answering machines became widely available – why? Interestingly, according to a great paper by Mark Clark that I came across recentlt, internal memos … Continue reading

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