In 1896, critics claimed the bicycle was "the devil’s advance agent." In 1860, doctors swore trains traveling over 30 mph caused "instant insanity." Today, the panic has a new face and a $20 million price tag.

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Show Notes: 

Tech News — AI Regulation & Lobbying 

• Anthropic to Donate $20M to AI Regulation-Backed PAC (Reuters)
• Anthropic CEO Pushes Regulation Favoring Big Companies (Reason)
• Context: Anthropic & OpenAI Plan IPO (YouTube)
• Anthropic CEO: AI Will Surpass Humans Soon
• Claude Identifies as DeepSeek — stevibe on X
• Anthropic Can De-Anonymize Users — Lukasz Olejnik on X
• AI’s Biggest Builders Are Now Its Biggest Lobbyists (Forbes)

Past Technology Panics

• Does the Bicycle Make Women Cruel?
• Edison Brings Electricity to New York City
• The 1912 War on Fake Photos
• War of the Worlds Panic Was Anti-Radio Propaganda
• Victorian Fear of Railway Madness

Reese’s / Hershey Story

• Reese’s Family Member Accuses Hershey of Cheaper Ingredients
• Grandson of Reese’s Inventor Criticizes Hershey (AP News)

Obama & Aliens

• Obama Says Aliens Are Real (Short)
• Obama Clarifies Alien Comments

Music

• Dirt and Sand — Strange Love