"I’m not one of those “old people.” After all, it’s not like I remember punch cards." Ha, that's nothing. Some people remember their first transistor radio. I

"I’m not one of those “old people.” After all, it’s not like I remember punch cards." Ha, that's nothing. Some people remember their first transistor radio. Instead of a heavy valve box plugged into the mains, you'd have this small battery powered case proudly sporting a label saying "6 transistors" (in emulation of the mechanical watches that stated "17 rubies"). Amazing stuff. Except that back then it was harder to leave comments on the tweets/blog posts, of course. Also pretty insightful of Marshall McLuhan to observe, around that time, that we were building up an external, electrical, nervous system.