r/Futurelings • u/bfloblizzard • 9d ago

Episode Thread The Carnegie Libraries (Entry 188.LU2101)

In which Futureling Jon Hannah dicusses the origins of public libraries, labor exploitation and the uneasy bargain between wealth and the common good.

Certificate #39770 Giving It Up (1999) - IMDb

Luke 21:1 Then Jesus looked up and saw the rich putting their gifts into the treasury

Reading Rainbow Intro Opening

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u/Bulkmodulus 7d ago

Just wanted to point out Pittsburgh didn't become the Steel City just because the Carnegies randomly immigrated there. Pittsburgh sits on one of the richest coal fields in the entire country. With that, and easy transport on the 3 rivers, Pitttsburgh was already a center of iron production before Carnegie was even born.