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Todaily: 4.17.24

Waldo Emerson was a Transcendentalist
- https://plato.stanford.edu/ent...
- decline due to deaths: Fuller/Thoreau
  - rise of scientific method / "...increasing emphasis on materialism and the scientific method"

"The Secret to Fallout’s Success? Starting With a Lousy Story." - JARED DOWNING
- https://slate.com/culture/2024...
- "The aesthetic is “retro-futurist,” i.e., whatever Beaver Cleaver imagined the future would look like."
  - Jared gets this right, "Bethesda continues to get this wrong"
    - Bethesda Never Understood Fallout / Youtube
    - How Illustrators of the 1800s Imagined the Distant Future — Our Present / BigThink

Robot Cow / "The Bovine Usher" 1885?

Automatons
- "...derived from the Greek word "automaton" meaning "acting of one's own will," are mechanical devices designed to follow a set of movements or operations automatically. These devices can range from simple mechanical objects to complex figures resembling humans or animals, often created to entertain or impress observers with the illusion of autonomous action."

"...dates back to ancient civilizations. Historical records and legends mention automated devices such as the animated statues in Egyptian mythology and mechanical doves from ancient Greece"
"...into the 19th century, automatons became particularly popular in Europe, with famous examples including the mechanical duck by Jacques de Vaucanson and the chess-playing Turk"
- More modern example / Showbiz Pizza

World Fair (World's?)
- "...large international exhibition of a wide variety of industrial, scientific, and cultural items that are on display at a specific site for a period of time, ranging usually from three to six months"
- https://www.britannica.com/top...