The most vocal and understandable opponents were representatives of the Pacific American Steamship Association<\/em>, which represented the interests of ferry operators, among others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n (The) present plan for a bridge across the Golden Gate is a menace to our harbor that should be opposed by everyone who has the interests of San Francisco and its commerce at heart.<\/p>Pacific American Steamship Association<\/em>, 1930<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n But farmers from Sonoma, north of San Francisco, also opposed the bridge. Not only that, they tried to prevent the creation of a company to operate the bridge.<\/p>\n\n\n More than 2,000 lawsuits were filed by residents, so much so that a judge was even specially dispatched from Northern California to deal exclusively with the lawsuits. Writers were particularly vocal. Well-known writers and influential journalists spoke out against the bridge because it would distort the perfect image of nature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n One must hope, for the credit of San Francisco, that the project will never be put through. When you have one of the most romantic approaches in all geography, why spoil it?\u201d<\/p>Katherine Gerould in Harper’s Magazine<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n A bond to raise the then massive sum of $33.7 million to build the bridge was fiercely opposed. This constant back-and-forth delayed construction of the bridge, which could not begin until a decade after the initial proposals. Even a day before the vote to approve the bonds, Southern Pacific<\/em> ferries ran newspaper and radio ads opposing the bonds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n However, all the protests did not help. The bond was overwhelmingly approved by the population and the bridge was inaugurated on May 27, 1937. Instead of the planned gray, the bridge was painted with the “International Orange” so well known today, a classic was born.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Nearly a century and billions of visitors later, we only chuckle at the objections of the ancients who objected. Except for the protests of the Southern Pacific<\/em> ferries, which had to cease operations only shortly after the bridge opened, all other objections melted away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We think differently today, and certainly don’t protest against a high-speed train between San Francisco and Los Angeles, or a new train station in Stuttgart, or a tunnel between Denmark and Germany, or new wind turbines, or the Tesla factory in Berlin. Oh wait\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n By the way, I write about these fears of the past and present in my book Future Angst<\/a> <\/em>with more stories from history<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n FUTURE ANGST<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Welche aktuellen \u00c4ngste pr\u00e4gen uns? Mit welchen \u00c4ngsten waren die Menschen in der Vergangenheit konfrontiert, als es die heutigen Technologien noch nicht gab? Warum mischen wir heute im Wettbewerb der Kulturen um neue Technologien nicht ganz vorne mit? Welche Ma\u00dfnahmen m\u00fcssen wir ergreifen, um neue Technologien nicht als etwas Be\u00e4ngstigendes und Feindseliges zu betrachten, sondern als ein Mittel zur L\u00f6sung der gro\u00dfen Probleme der Menschheit? Innovationsexperte Dr. Mario Herger stellt in \u201eFuture Angst\u201c die entscheidenden Fragen in Bezug auf Technologie und Fortschritt und zeigt professionelle und zukunftsweisende L\u00f6sungen auf. Mit seinem Appell \u201eDesign the Future\u201c bietet Herger einen unkonventionellen und transformativen Ansatz f\u00fcr ein neues, human gepr\u00e4gtes Mindset.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Erh\u00e4ltlich im Buchhandel, beim Verlag<\/a> und bei Amazon<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/futureangst.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/GoldenGate-1.jpeg?resize=720%2C437&ssl=1\")
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