Dec 102018
There’s this approach to computing history where we focus on work that looks shallowly similar to current norms, claim that work was ‘prophetic’ or ‘ahead of its time’, & mostly ignore differences & intent except as quirks. Because of the recent 50th anniversary of the Mother of All Demos, we’re getting a fresh batch of them. Fuck that.These folks weren’t trying to predict our current future. They were trying to create a future worth living in,…
External feed Read More at the Source: https://medium.com/@enkiv2/techs-masturbatory-historiography-6d7ae12abf1f?source=rss-43a4cf6aa464——2
2018-12-10
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