This April marks the 100th anniversary of both the Titanic's maiden voyage and tragic destruction. I think this particular disaster in our social memory is especially interesting because it marked the "beginning of the end", so to speak: after what had been an upward slope of industry, wealth (for some), and engineering during the close of the last century, the sinking of the Titanic was followed by WWI and a complete change in the cultural mindset. No longer did we doubt our immortality…
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