Today's critics say that smartphones separate us. We no longer make the kind of in-person human connections that we once did, they say. Well...In this episode, take a trip back to the 1980s — when the portable cassette player was accused of turning people into “wind-up non-humans,” laws were passed to keep them on the streets, and one New Jersey man risked jail time for his right to walk with headphones. Get in touch!Newsletter: <a href="https://cms.megaphone.fm/organizations/eca2bba6-5eac-11e8-b750-a344e2023286/podcasts/e20f1d10-cb51-11ea-9cf9-5ba0c0ae755e/episodes/0ae14f64-932f-11ec-ac9c-2730503ac52e/https;//jasonfeifer.bulletin.com">jasonfeifer.bulletin.com</a>Website: <a href="https://www.jasonfeifer.com/">jasonfeifer.com</a>Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/heyfeifer">@heyfeifer</a>Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/heyfeifer">@heyfeifer</a> Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a>

When Exactly Were "The Good Old Days"?

Want to take control of the future? In each episode of this podcast, Entrepreneur magazine editor in chief Jason Feifer takes something that seems concerning or confusing today, and then learns its surprising history, what important things we’re missing, and the solutions that can make us smarter and better. (The show was previously called Pessimists Archive.)