What past technologies reshaped society like today’s AI?

Michelle Obama as a young student at Princeton University in the early 1980s https://t.co/5GWNmvncEg

Factory worker with his supervisor in Moscow, 1954. https://t.co/yRuuZFMdl0

Marcheline Bertrand, mother of Angelina Jolie, 1970s. https://t.co/YVaxQFpC6K

Marilyn Monroe's last photo, 1962 https://t.co/k3M52dUEFA

Charles Bronson in 2001. The man dubbed "the most violent prisoner in Britain" https://t.co/Tzut8lodMV

The phrase "mad as a hatter" started in the 18th and 19th centuries. Hat makers back then used mercury, a dangerous chemical, to make hats.

This mercury got into their bodies over time. It caused them to shake and have mood swings. They began to act very strangely.

Because of this, people started saying someone who was acting crazy was "mad as a hatter."

This saying was popular even before Lewis Carroll wrote about the Mad Hatter. Carroll's book just made the phrase more famous.

So, if you see someone acting weird, you might say they're "mad as a hatter." It's like comparing them to those sick hat makers.

20,000 Americans attend a Nazi rally in Madison Square Garden, February 20, 1939 https://t.co/GpzrrV48Me

Artist with no eyes changes everything science assumed about vision https://t.co/AsuQgs3UFF https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/1850075829835005956/vid/avc1/650x392/r6mvXE04kGMjPXF5.mp4?tag=16

It’s still so funny Jackie Chan was learning English during the filming of Rush Hour https://t.co/9nNaXIFFEo https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1850022930182197248/pu/vid/avc1/654x512/epcBof0qw3SNvq3E.mp4?tag=12

This is how dinosaurs actually went extinct, according to flat earthers https://t.co/fgnmt9XBDM https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1850020667095150592/pu/vid/avc1/652x396/b9wwfgll4KW6HuNa.mp4?tag=12

No one ever:

Dinosaurs 2000 B.C.: https://t.co/X6DmEQcwKQ https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/1850017109826273280/vid/avc1/648x364/uiXheE9-wnFQYknn.mp4?tag=16

In 1687, Isaac Newton shared his first idea about how objects move, which is called the law of inertia, in his book "Principia." This video demonstrates that law. https://t.co/pZwgCq49zK https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/1849984427847225344/vid/avc1/652x358/T40-6pFTnp4dSN-G.mp4?tag=16

Join the alliance at a discounted rate https://t.co/MaYkmnw4xP

When you defeat the French and get to keep the cool shit they found in Egypt https://t.co/bAHXldRJ1h https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/1849966322047705088/vid/avc1/650x456/oVnsRGYIwlTDR94d.mp4?tag=16

Pro US Military tactics against snipers https://t.co/r7KGjVnniJ https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/1849944229704765441/vid/avc1/646x364/3A6r64U6UaO9Uolo.mp4?tag=16

𝕏 is making history🗿 https://t.co/qegA1DGhqI

On average, are you on 𝕏 more than an hour a day?

Am I the only one who misses these old cartoons? https://t.co/PyP5SG2BTL https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/1849914909233946624/vid/avc1/628x616/gjrvg76QDVqQZzI_.mp4?tag=16

This grandfather's Narnia-inspired library, hidden behind a wardrobe, is straight out of a storybook. https://t.co/GrymoQT1SR https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/1849906189829554176/vid/avc1/650x724/YESXbw_dnQcuHan2.mp4?tag=16