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IF only walls could talk, what stories would they tell? The Findmypast website has seen its number of users surge over the course of the pandemic as so many people have spent the lockdown period researching their family trees, and it has recently added a new search function which allows people to find out who is recorded as living in their house when censuses were taken. Once you have a name, you can then search the site’s other records – old newspapers, maps, electoral rolls, the 1939 Register – to uncover the stories of the people who lived in your house. More than 70,000 addresses were searched within days of the function being launched as people tried the hidden history of their house.
You Are Not “Addicted” To Technology
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Are smartphones and social media addictive? Tech critics say yes. But actual addiction researchers say something else and they point to ways in which our broad use of the word “addiction” can cause real harm. In this episode, we look at the history of supposedly “addictive” technologies, understand the surprisingly odd science behind today’s scariest claims, and discover who really has the power to break these supposed “addictions.” (Hint: It’s you.)
Jason Feifer: This is Build for Tomorrow, a podcast about the things from history that shape us and how we can shape the future. I m Jason Feifer. I am going to detail an unhealthy relationship to you. And I want to know what word you would use to describe it. Okay. You ready? I once checked Twitter about every five minutes. And that is not an exaggeration. I mean, I started as a casual user, and then my usage got heavier and heavier, until I had TweetDeck up on