Studying precursor technologies to ones popular today is a great way to learn what led us to this point, what tradeoffs were made and why, and perhaps what we m

Studying precursor technologies to ones popular today is a great way to learn what led us to this point, what tradeoffs were made and why, and perhaps what we might've lost as well. Students can get a deeper appreciation for new technologies when they're eventually exposed to them. This can only broaden their horizons in their future careers. As someone who missed this part of history, I would love to have learned about it in college.