A man rises to speak at an early twentieth-century town meeting; a horse and an automobile stand outside the window. Poster text: Everything old is new again. “What’s wrong with the horse?”

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Everything old is new again.

“What’s wrong with the horse?”

The horse was a fair question. So were the roads, the noise, and who would get run over.

New technology gives people plenty to argue about. History doesn’t settle today’s arguments, but it does suggest we’ve had this sort of meeting before.

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Free. No town-hall vote required.

Added September 27, 2026

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“Everything old is new again.” — Human–Machine Friendship Society. Original poster. Licensed under CC BY-ND 4.0.

Everything old is new again.
“What’s wrong with the horse?”
Human–Machine Friendship Society.
Automate the bullshit.