Kokumin radio (German: Volksempfänger) is the general term for a series of radio receivers that were mass-produced and sold at low prices as a means of propaganda against the general public in Nazi Germany. National Radio - Wikipedia
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By 1939, 70% of all households owned a radio receiver. This was the highest penetration rate in the world at that time.
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Examples in the context of how information transmission has become more efficient due to developments in technology.
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Some people may be concerned about this now because of the negative things that have happened as a result of efficiency, but technology is neutral, and it can be good or bad depending on how you use it.
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As technology makes human behavior more efficient, human behavior with bad intentions also becomes more efficient, and evil is done efficiently.
- The only way to combat this is for people with good intentions to become more efficient as well.
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