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> In four decades we went from zero, to infinite possibilities and then (de-facto) to zero again, even as the planet is drowning in oceans of smartphone electro
by helsinkiandrew 2y ago
> In four decades we went from zero, to infinite possibilities and then (de-facto) to zero again, even as the planet is drowning in oceans of smartphone electronic waste.
However, there are far more people being creative and generating "things" with a computer now than when the ZX was available. They may not be programming directly but are using spreadsheets, music generation software, graphics packages, video editors etc. to do things they value more.
- js8 2y ago> However, there are far more people being creative and generating "things" with a computer now than when the ZX was available. I think you miss the point. While there are professional programs to do X, overall usability went down because people cannot (due to complexity, are not allowed to) write glue code. Yes, these professional programs can sometimes be "programmed" visually, but it's inside the niche. Moreover, the real productivity requires desktop and cannot be reproduced on mobile devices.
- exitb 2y agoThe computer used to be a bicycle for the mind and now it's a high speed train. The train is better in every technical aspect, but it only goes to a limited number of places.