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The Personal Computer culture in the SV developed from the counterculture in the valley: https://kbsm.org/technology/california-tech-culture-that-shaped-apple-1
by high_5 3mo ago
The Personal Computer culture in the SV developed from the counterculture in the valley: https://kbsm.org/technology/california-tech-culture-that-shaped-apple-1970s/ https://kbsm.org/technology/california-tech-culture-that-sha... It then hopped on the Free Software movement with redefining it as "open source" while the Internet was booming. And all of that is now being reaped by the corporations the "tech-hippies" themselves helped to create.
- flir 3mo agoIf anyone's interested in this: "From Counterculture to Cyberculture" by Fred Turner and "What the Dormouse Said" by John Markoff. Putting my nostalgia-tinted glasses on, it's sad how far we've strayed from that.
- high_5 3mo agoYeah, I had Fred Turner in mind when posting. A bit dry, but comprehensive.
- jdw64 3mo agothanks, i will read it