The Pony Express — the legend that lasted only 18 months
From April 1860 to October 1861, riders carried mail 1,900 miles between Missouri and California in about 10 days, changing horses every 10–15 miles. It was killed not by failure but by success — the transcontinental telegraph, completed October 24, 1861, made it obsolete overnight.
The most romanticized institution in American history was barely a going concern.
We have a modern version of this playing out in AI…
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