Re:Nightline Interview with Steve Jobs (1981) [video]
by bamboozled on Sunday May 21, 2017 @10:16AM
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The fears about citizens privacy being severely eroded came true! Steve was speaking more like an ideaologist / optimist than a pragmatist, but I believe his intentions were sound.
It seems generations (young and old), never became computer literate to the level Steve anticipated. Personal computing access quickly outgrew computer literacy in the time frame required to stop societal damage being done.
The majority of users have become passive consumers and not free spirited, well rounded, democratically inclined, creative types that fit go with Steve's vision and observations.
Hindsight is 20/20 though and one can't blame them, who could've predicted the rapid PC uptake plus the Internet of 2017 back then?
It seems generations (young and old), never became computer literate to the level Steve anticipated. Personal computing access quickly outgrew computer literacy in the time frame required to stop societal damage being done.
The majority of users have become passive consumers and not free spirited, well rounded, democratically inclined, creative types that fit go with Steve's vision and observations.
Hindsight is 20/20 though and one can't blame them, who could've predicted the rapid PC uptake plus the Internet of 2017 back then?