Issac Asimov: ๐ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐๐, ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐๐ฆ๐๐ณ๐๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ, ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐ก๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ง ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ง๐๐...๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐๐ซ, ๐๐ฑ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐ญ๐๐, ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐ญ-๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐๐ก ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ง๐๐...๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ง๐ข๐๐ข๐๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐๐๐ก๐ง๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ข๐๐๐ฅ ๐๐ก๐๐ง๐ ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ก๐๐ ๐ญ๐๐ค๐๐ง ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐๐ ๐จ๐ง ๐๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ก. ๐๐ฌ๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฌ๐ ๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐ ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ง๐๐, ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐ฌ, ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐๐ฒ...๐๐ฌ ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ก๐๐ง๐ ๐. ๐๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฒ ๐ง๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ ๐๐๐ฏ๐๐ง๐๐๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ข๐ซ ๐ซ๐๐๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ญ. ๐๐ญ ๐ฐ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ฅ๐ฐ๐๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ ๐จ๐จ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ก๐ฎ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ข๐ซ ๐ก๐๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ.โ
People resist new technology, new ideas. As Dostoevsky opens Crime & Punishment with: "Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most." I think fear points the way toward progress. Here's an ad from 1915 (via
@PessimistsArc) suggesting a horse outperforms a car.