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Didn't personal computers in general began as toys for hobbyists? Look where that got us...
by dpflan 3y ago
Didn't personal computers in general began as toys for hobbyists? Look where that got us...
- Jtsummers 3y agoOne of the topics of the article (though he doesn't mention PCs themselves, but other technologies). > In 1994, the economists Sue Bowden and Avner Offer studied how various 20th-century technologies had spread among households. They concluded that “time using” technologies (for example, TV and radio) diffused faster than “time saving” technologies (vacuum cleaners, refrigerators, washing machines).