Past Is Prologue?

An interesting piece on the eclectic Delancey Place blog reminds that reactions and expectations about to technology change are often far from how it turns out. While mostly focused on the postal system, they also mention radio:

When Thomas Edison invented his improved telephone receiver in 1877, he thought it would become a medium for broadcasting concerts and plays to remote auditoriums. For twenty-five years after radio was developed at the end of the nineteenth century, people chiefly regarded it as a means of ship-to-shore communication.