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Originally Posted by geekmaster
Hmm... You must have been reading this other thread to suggest that technological regression may be in order: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=189286
It was all about how electromagnetic fields from wireless devices are all "dangerous" and stuff (with responses containing significant factual refutation and off-topic humor).
And do not forget that those little earbuds that we stick inside ourr ears (right next to our brains) use magnetic coils that generate a modulated electromagnetic field so strong that it can actually MOVE stuff! It moves the diaghram that pushes air, which you hear as sound. And it is practically INSIDE YOUR HEAD! While it is pushing that air, the magnetic field must certainly be telling your brain that growing tumors is a good idea, right? At least that is the pseudo-scientifical method of creating convincing fact-free FUD. (I am just kidding here, but that is how all the EM scare tactics work -- same principle). Electromagnetic fields are wireless even if they are coming from earbuds or headphones. To prevent EM fields from exposing us from hidden unextected sources like speakers (especially tiny ones we actually stick into our ears), perhaps we should only be allowed to play our records on a player that does not use electricity, like an old Victrola.
Yeah, then we will be safe. Or not... 
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Now I can comment on this since it's not related to the previous topic. Just something I wrote off the cuff that was completely unrelated to the previous post per the rules. I didn't know about the thread you posted although I'll need to give it a look since it sounds potentially terrifying
. The original post was inspired in part by the movie "So Wrong They're Right," a movie about people devoted to the preservation and use of 8-track tapes.
But it does bring forth a concern about how we've so abandoned the past for the new and shiny. Despite the advances in technology, so much of the music of the past is not available digitally. I have a number of albums, including one by Sissy Spacek that has a great song called "If I Can Just Get Through The Night," that has not been released in a digital format. Without those albums I would have lost some great music.
This brings forth the thought that music has become so private and insular. I see so many people listening to music and, with the exception of those in cars with massive stereo systems that you can hear from 500 feet away and cause you to feel the massive bass, you don't know what they're listening to. I think one factor that has fragmented the music market so much is that so few of us know what others are actually listening to.
What if the type of music that most people are actually listening to are comedy parodies by Stan Freberg mixed with those of Allan Sherman. Another possibility is that Enya and chamber music dominates with listeners who say they listen to heavy metal, while ambient instrumental music is the actually favorite of those who say they listen to old-fashioned country music.
It's possible...