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Louis Anslow

Writer and technologist
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Louis Anslow is the author of Pessimists Archive, a project to jog our collective memories about the hysteria, technophobia, and moral panic that often greets new technologies, ideas, and trends.

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Three black-and-white portrait photos of the same man in a suit, labeled No. 1, No. 2, and No. 3, displaying different facial expressions.
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