Greg Jenner
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Appearances Over Time
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So we're going to rewind to before the telephone.
and get you up to speed on what came before.
So how do you think people had previously communicated across long distances before the telephone?
And of course, I'm going to discount sending post because that feels too easy.
So what else would people might have done?
Good, yeah.
Yeah, send a pigeon in the post.
Yes, is that kind of post?
Right, sort of some Wuthering Heights energy.
I mean, sure.
I mean, if you're a great romantic, maybe it did.
Put your heartbreak into the ether and hope that they heard you.
How did people communicate over long distances before we're into electricity?
The real answer is the electric telegraph.
Really?
This is a peak Victorian complaint, Catherine.
They said the world got too fast too quickly and they couldn't cope anymore.
Just can't keep up.
Yeah.
It would have taken weeks for news to reach from, months from Australia, weeks from Central Europe or America.