Good, that we finally got some sort of regulation going.

It is interesting to see how things like culture and geography play a role later on, when they started out so similar.

The line between order and control seems to be a sort of tightrope walk in this endless conversation over the radio.

This makes me wonder more about quality vs quantity, because what does it matter if you are selling a bunch of sets if people are struggling to get good reception.

Wild how he was able to see this coming, as there are only a few companies that control the media we see all the time.

This really gives an idea of the rapid speed of development, and public interest.

This is a super interesting point, because thought it may seem payment is undoubtedly owed to someone and will be paid in one way or another.

Now we see advertisements everywhere.

The range radio offered, is quite remarkable. Today we are so use to having everything in the palm of our hands, but it seems like we could credit a bit of that to the diversity in radio programming.

Its cool too see how they perceived radio at this point. Just starting to realize that it may be better for a wide range of public communication.

Interesting to see how a divide was created, or rather a more competitive nature among these two nations.

Maybe this is the risk that all innovators take who are one the edge of something revolutionary. I will try to keep this in mind with the other technological advancements.

I remember learning a bit about this in my media business class, and I think speaks volumes about how culture impacts the media

This is a very interesting thought, I've never really considered how America would have paved the way essentially creating the way we perceive radio today.

It is so interesting to see how through time we maintain the same traditions that could be seen with earlier tech like the telephone.

I wonder if the same thing will ever happen with over saturation of the internet or social media?

This is a very good point on the side of the amateurs.

The one good thing to come out of these quarrels is the need for improvement in the system.

A few bad people can often ruin something for the whole group.

With this tech comes cons too.

I think here we start to see how things within popular culture like books and movies start to reflect life.

Interesting to see the difference from telephony where women were so necessary.

This also reminds me of the emergence of social media. Its quite funny how they echo each other.

This only adds to the character he is hoping to put to rest.

This truely is a story made for the middle class.

I think this is some thing we need to implement more of with technology today.

I see these all the time and never knew!

This really feels like the first DIY project.

Access to the airwaves was really all they needed to be revolutionary.

Progress was recognized, but I think the young people often have trouble recognizing the potential problems when it comes to new technology.

In seeking one audience he really discarded another, that could have also made him rich.

Organizations or traditions that survive new tech seem to do this.

Does making them middle class echo the accessibility of wireless as it would come to be?

It seems the importance exploration and intelligence needed to operate this new tech made its way into the more physical media we consume as time went on.

It is so interesting to think about how this new technology changed masculinity. I think society often does not acknowledge these changes and instead will emphasize femininity, but this feels equally important.

Again I am seeing so many parallels to the early days of the internet and social media.

This makes me wonder how the world would be different if we encouraged girls in the same way.

It seems technology offered another path for them, a purpose.

This really reminds me of something you would see in the comments section of a youtube video or Tiktok.

If you don't have access to new forms of communication, it is very hard to know what is happening. We can see how technology and social media in particular mimic this sentiment.

I feel like the title of the article itself shows how young people had started to become the most competent crowd when it comes to talking about and understanding developing technology.

This is so demeaning, and I can only imagine that it fueled their fire more.

This is wild. Especially with all the chaos that was going on at the time, I know I can't imagine working like this for 21 hours.

The culture surrounding it all is very interesting, as I am sure women who wanted to be taken seriously were likely excited to wear such a physical sign of acceptance, but they were still not treated the same.

I think its important to note this lack of trust, or maybe the man simply served to make the idea more palatable.

It still seems so interesting to me that they see these fully capable women as girls. Though I also think in woman hood for so long, being a woman was associated with being a mother so it is at the same time hard to not see oneself as a girl when maybe that's no longer the case.

I didn't know this before, but it makes so much sense.

This really shows how women often have to go above and beyond to achieve successes that men are simply handed.

It is truly amazing what media can do to change or dull the darker points of public opinion.

Why should their pride be ruined by people who were so dedicated to their country?

While they should have had the right to vote in the first place, women really proved themselves and I think this shows volumes about how our society has made a habit of treating women. Though I like to think today things are different, these histories still affect us.

This commitment to their country, is extremely admirable and yet makes me wonder how anyone could have seen women operators as not as valuable as their male counterparts.

I think its undeniable how the telephone likely played a role in these uprisings. As people were more readily able to communicate with each other they could organize and claim these rights to popular sovereignty.

Though I don't support the idea of war, or sexism I do see how at this time it might have seemed logical for one to fight for their democracy before they were allowed a say in it.

It often seems that the people who really make history are never fairly recognized, and I know we've talked a bit about this in lectures, but I wonder who these groups of people will be in later media. It also makes me wonder if there is anyone today who isn't given just credit for the work they did, like the telegraph boys.

This is does seem like quite a positive to come out of this sort of work. Their really is a detailed method and thought behind the infrastructure of this system which leads me to believe that is why it was so strong and successful.

While this is still a wild number of hours it seems more do able than the 11.5 hour shift.

This varies greatly to the 2 cents per message

This idea of school is very interesting to me as it is making me wonder what really happens to the telegraph boys when they grow up. Would one do better in the American District Telegraph company than at the Western Union.

Other than the obvious child endangerment that is taking place here this seems like quite a seamless system.

This is a wild distance, it seems wild to think about the physical labor of the job, and makes me realize that the people on top who organized this system were smart and manipulative.

This is quite the system, and makes it very apparent how this system not only survived but thrived and paved the way for other media.

This surprises me as I would expect summer and winter to be the busiest because of holidays and vacations, that might cause people to send telegrams at a higher volume.

This makes me wonder if one group of boys found themselves more important than the other, almost like the news boys of New York City, because as I read Im imagining a similar dynamic.

History really allows us to grasp our own societies, which is so important in such an ever changing world.

I think a lot of people feel the same way about math, though you may not think your going to be a mathematician you will likely need it in life and any career you choose.

This is a great point that I have never though about, particularly in relation to flexibility. There is definitely a huge need for flexibility in todays workforce.

This is a usable skill in real life. I think so often in education students wonder when they will use something but this is one of those skills!

I think in this too is the ability to question evidence that may at first seem adequate but in reality is not exactly what is needed to prove an event. This is in my opinion a very important skill.

Interestingly enough history shapes not only our perception of the past but also our patriotism for our own nations and thus directly affects our culture.

This to me seems like it could be interpreted as a patriotic tool for propaganda or the way we interpret each other as well as ourselves throughout society.

History and the way its portrayed by these mediums can really impact our society as well, and whoever is telling the story has the power in a sense.

Though history may seem trivial at times, I think that the real purpose of learning history is how we learn what works, as well as what we should never do again. Our goal should be to learn from our mistakes as a society. It also tells us so much about culture and in that we can also learn about our future.

Accuracy is so important, and this passage stresses that, and just like in the Generative AI video there is an underlying fear when it comes to the spreading of information that may not be accurate.

History offers so many lessons and while we try to not repeat history's mistakes we often do.

I think this is a perfect way of phrasing this, because we really have no other choice but to learn from the imperfect past of the ones who came before us.

This is a great point, history should be more about learning than about knowing. Though its in the past it still affects us daily and spurting off useless facts is definitely memorization rather than knowledge at work.