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Why Do People Keep Resisting New Things?
That’s the question Pessimists Archive tries to answer. In each episode, we travel back in time to the moment that a new technology or innovation was introduced—something that today we think of as totally commonplace!—and we explore why everyone was freaking out about it. Our hope is this: By seeing how repetitive and often silly yesterday’s fears were, we can begin to defang today’s fears as well.
MEET THE TEAM
Jason Feifer
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Jason is the editor in chief of Entrepreneur Magazine and the host of Problem Solvers, a podcast about entrepreneurs solving unexpected problems in their business. He has been an editor at Men’s Health, Fast Company, Maxim and Boston magazine. He has written for the Washington Post, Slate, New York, among others. He is also the author of the Novel Mr. Nice Guy (St. Martin’s Press, 2018), which he co-wrote with his wife. He lives in Brooklyn.
Louis Anslow
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Louis is a writer, digital nomad, and a mad scientist with newspaper archives. He created and operates Pessimists Archive’s Twitter feed.
Chris Kornelis
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Chris is a freelance writer based in Seattle and is a regular contributor to the Wall Street Journal.
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