Some additional comments about the review versus what's actually in the book. Here is a short list of SOME of the stories told in the book: - The birth of e-le

Some additional comments about the review versus what's actually in the book. Here is a short list of SOME of the stories told in the book: - The birth of e-learning / computer-based education - The creation of time-sharing (not at MIT) - The invention of the gas-plasma flat-panel display for PLATO - The invention of touch screens for the PLATO display - How seeing an early prototype of the plasma display changed Alan Kay's life and led to the vision of the Dynabook - The secret the founders of Xerox PARC did not what you to ever know (imagine a completely different Silicon Valley today for one thing) - The first instance of government cyber-censorship: in 1973, the Nixon White House wanted to shut down ARPANET and PLATO due to people posting messages advocating for Nixon's impeachment - How early multiplayer games evolved quickly on PLATO - The rise of the hacker culture on PLATO in the 70s - The first multi-user chat room Talkomatic appears in 1973 - So does instant messaging, in 1973 - So do message forums in the form of PLATO Notes in 1973 (which would directly lead to Lotus Notes) - PLATO quickly became a teeming social hangout online, with addictive games and early net.celebrities - The first MUDs (multi-user dungeons) appear on PLATO long before anywhere else, despite what the history says - PLATO developed its own set of emoticons/emoji nearly 10 years before the :-) appeared elsewhere - How Control Data Corporation botched its opportunity to own personal computing and online services multiple times. There's a ton more. Read the book.