What the Dormouse Said: How the Sixties Counterculture Shaped the Personal Computer Industry
by John Markoff
Pages
310
ISBN
9780143036760
Published
2005
Description
Most histories of the personal computer industry focus on technology or business. John Markoff's landmark book is about the culture and consciousness behind the first pcs--the culture being counter- and the consciousness...Most histories of the personal computer industry focus on technology or business. John Markoff's landmark book is about the culture and consciousness behind the first pcs--the culture being counter- and the consciousness expanded, sometimes chemically. It's a brilliant evocation of stanford, California, in the 1960s and '70s, where a group of visionaries set out to turn computers into a means for freeing minds and information.
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