Dark LightThe modern world imagines that the invention of electricity was greeted with great enthusiasm. But in 1879 Americans reacted to the advent of electrification with suspicion and fear. Forty years after Thomas Edison invented the incandescent bulb, only 20 percent of American families had wired their homes. Meanwhile, electrotherapy emerged as a popular medical treatment for everything from depression to digestive problems. Why did Americans welcome

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Phil Rizzuto

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”—Naomi Shihab Nye

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The movie was as sad as the books

a little bit of wine and a whole lot of love

a standard-issue chip embedded in her brain that preserves memories just the way a human brain would

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