Years after I started down the path of studying/reading Bucky Fuller, Robert Anton Wilson, Tim Leary, et al, I came across the Whole Earth catalogs and promptly

Years after I started down the path of studying/reading Bucky Fuller, Robert Anton Wilson, Tim Leary, et al, I came across the Whole Earth catalogs and promptly devoured every bit of them. CoEvolution Quarterly (and later Whole Earth Review) became my favorite periodical, with the later gossip column always being the first section to read. Signal and Fringe (and issue 57) elated me much more than I expected. I was exposed to usenet and BITnet and FTP in the mid-to-late 1980s and having the Whole Earth dead tree publishings greatly helped guide my opinions on how I wanted the Internet to evolve. They also drove me into the rabbit hole of RFCs and the IETF for a good number of years. The work of Stewart Brand (+ others involved) and the previously mention individuals provided the major foundation for my career choices and happiness (and a slight frustration at the way the 'net is currently).