Kip W ↑unearthed the above wonderful, stunningly up-to-date ↑Punch cartoon (Williams 1955: 164) by artist ↑Lewis Baumer (1870-1963), which first was published in 1906! It’s great historical evidence for how early in the development of a given technology people not only speculate about the future trajectory of said development, but also think about possible social consequences of it.
WILLIAMS, RONALD EARNEST. 1955. A century of Punch cartoons. New York: Simon and Schuster.
I’m glad that the antenna of my mobile is inside and I don’t have to wear such a hat (= human lightning arrester).