6/21/2023 0 Comments Benjamin franklin walter![]() ![]() While electronic technology was not directly on the minds of the founding fathers, they did create a system of government that not only established freedom of speech and freedom of religion, among others, they established a nation that saw technology as essential to its growth. Here is a question to think about: "Was Benjamin Franklin the nation's first blogger?" Here is another one: "Would Thomas Jefferson have used the internet and fax machines to run his political campaigns?" What would they both think about electronic balloting? We are at the National Museum of American History in Washington. Paul Rosenthal: Welcome to "Prototype Online: Inventive Voices," a production of the Smithsonian's Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation. Tell us what you think! Take our podcast survey. ![]() Walter Isaacson was originally interviewed on 11 October 2006 by Paul Rosenthal. "Prototype Online: Inventive Voices" is a production of the Smithsonian's Lemelson Center. Lemelson Center director Art Molella talks more about the symposium. The 2 November 2006 program at the National Archives featured Isaacson and Allen Weinstein, Archivist of the United States. ![]() Walter Isaacson, author of Benjamin Franklin: An American Life and president and CEO of the Aspen Institute, opened the Lemelson Center's fall 2006 symposium by examining the history of communications technology in democracy. ![]()
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