I bet this was really beautiful when it was new. It’s still fascinating, but it looks quite old and faded. There’s so much stuff like that, things still around

I bet this was really beautiful when it was new. It’s still fascinating, but it looks quite old and faded. There’s so much stuff like that, things still around from the 1950s and 60s in particular, that I wish I could have seen while it was still shiny. One other thing that’s interesting about pure analog data like this, is how they were able to freeform annotate on the cards without messing anything up. It’s always interesting to me comparing systems that work via pen and paper, and how much looser and more flexible they can be (while still functioning well), compared to computer programs.