Opponents of wigs thought they were anachronistic, as well as uncomfortable and expensive.
Yet I came away from my meeting with Mr Hamilton pretty sure that not long from now, the notion of humans steering vehicles will, as he believes, seem as anachronistic and undesirable as jousting or duelling.
In a more recent blow this week, the president of one of Japan's most prestigious women's universities condemned as sexist and anachronistic a song written by Yasushi Akimoto, a professional songwriter who sits on the executive board for the Tokyo Olympics.
It was first published in 1954, but aside from a few anachronistic examples (it has been a long time since bread cost 5 cents a loaf in the United States), it doesn't feel dated.
