Friday, November 4, 2011

314. The Golem of Prague























































The legend goes that the rabbi of Prague created the golem to protect the Jewish ghetto against antisemitic attacks. Depending on the version of the story you hear, this either goes very well or disastrously. I like that the idea of monstrous, uncontrollable technology was around as early as the 1830s (and certainly much earlier in other stories.)

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