Morse was not a scientist or an experimenter, but a painter. But did it have to be this way? What if information could be communicated directly by electric current and sent across wires or through the air at the speed of light? Information was still a physical thing and even the news of Napoleon's defeat at Waterloo had to be physically transported from one place to another. On horseback, on foot, by train, by carrier pigeon.
With the printing press, knowledge could be copied and spread to the far corners of the globe faster and easier and cheaper than it ever had before. Knowledge is power, and, as we saw in Part 1 of this series, Gutenberg had brought that power to the masses. But the central part of the tale is true: Nathan Rothschild did receive early news of Napoleon's defeat and he did "do well" by that information, as Roworth admitted in a letter the month after the incident.īut whatever this story tells us about the world of finance, it tells us something more fundamental about something far more important: power. This story, like so many historical adventure yarns, has been much decorated in the retelling: John Roworth was not at Waterloo, for one thing, and there was no great market sell-off in the hours before the official news of the battle reached London. By the time the news finally reached Londoners that Wellington-not Napoleon-was the victor at Waterloo, the coup was complete: Nathan Rothschild was the richest man in the realm.
The stock market plummeted and Rothschild secretly bought up the shares at rock-bottom prices. He made a show of selling his shares at the London Stock Exchange and the public, believing the famed stockbroker had received word that Napoleon had won the battle, began selling as well.
The messenger arrived at his employers's London office a full 24 hours before the official government courier and Rothschild, always looking for a way to turn a profit, decided to use the news to his advantage. The story is that John Roworth-a trusted employee of Nathan Rothschild, the English heir of the infamous Rothschild banking family-was at the battlefield that day and, when the battle was decided and it was apparent that Napoleon had been defeated, he raced off on horseback, bearing the news across the English channel. There's a story about the famous Battle of Waterloo in 1815 that is not usually included in the history textbooks. So how did we get here? And where is the media technology that increasingly governs our lives taking us? This is the story of The Media Matrix. it is one of the wonders of our era, and it has shaped the world in ways we can barely comprehend. You might not think much about this, but. I am not in the room with you, but you can see me. What you are watching are the ghostly reflections of someone far away.
See? But, in truth, I'm not here either.
With you.Ĭonfused? Well, take a look at this. Hi, I'm James Corbett of The Corbett Report, and I'm not here right now.
Watch on Archive / BitChute / Odysee or Download the video or audioįor those with limited bandwidth, CLICK HERE to download a smaller, lower file size version of this episode.įor those interested in audio quality, CLICK HERE for the highest-quality version of this episode (WARNING: very large download). Even the word "medium" evokes the specter of contact with the spirit world. In fact, it was almost impossible for people to understand this type of communication in anything but spiritual terms. It's difficult for us to appreciate just how incredible it was for those who first witnessed communication from a distance with a disembodied electric ghost. Podcast: Play in new window | Download | Embed