Hacker News with Generative AI: 19th Century

The Drift of Things: David Goodman Croly's Glimpses of the Future (1888) (publicdomainreview.org)
After the Irish-American journalist David Goodman Croly successfully predicted the Panic of 1873 and the results of several political elections, he hung up his newspaperman’s hat and went into the forecasting business.

History, Journalism, Predictions, 19th Century

10 points by benbreen 32 days ago | 1 comments

The Victorian Internet (wikipedia.org)
The Victorian Internet: The Remarkable Story of the Telegraph and the Nineteenth Century's On-Line Pioneers is a 1998 book by Tom Standage.

History, Technology, Books, 19th Century

14 points by mooreds 35 days ago | 2 comments

Regency Sex Ed (historynewsnetwork.org)
How did women in 19th-century Europe learn about the birds and the bees?

Sex Education, History, Europe, 19th Century

112 points by crescit_eundo 76 days ago | 67 comments

The pills that cured all ills; James Morison the Hygeist (2014) (blogspot.com)
Now almost completely forgotten James Morison was once a household name thanks to his Universal Vegetable Pills Nº1 and Nº2.

History, Medicine, Health, 19th Century

23 points by antognini 112 days ago | 8 comments