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🌀 The New Vertigo Years
The years 1900–1914 were a time of existential whiplash — the 'vertigo years,' as historian Philipp Blom called them. As cities became metropolises, people's sense of self fractured under overstimulation; nervous exhaustion became the ailment of the age, X-rays the new magic trick, electri
The new 'vertigo years'
The years 1900–1914 were a time of existential whiplash — the 'vertigo years,' as historian Philipp Blom called them. As cities became metropolises, people's sense of self fractured under overstimulation; nervous exhaustion became the ailment of the age, X-rays the new magic trick, electrical baths prescribed for everything. Amid the buzzing gadgets, deeper anxieties brewed — and the parallels to now are hard to miss.
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