This is unbelievable news. A Russian prince predicted the usage of blogs in his novel written in 1837. His name, Prince Vladimir Odoevsky.
Odoevsky suggested in future there would be a kind of connection between houses that would allow people to communicate quickly and easily, the way they do now via the Internet.
"Houses are connected by means of magnetic telegraphs that allow people who live far from each other to communicate," Odoevsky wrote.
Even more interestingly, Odoevsky suggested every household would publish a kind of daily journal or newsletter and distribute it among selected acquaintances, a habit which Russian bloggers immediately recognized as blogging.
From MosNews:
Blogging Predicted by 19th Century Russian Prince
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