Re:No Config for Old Men
by badarticle0 on Saturday November 28, 2020 @03:53PM
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Maybe you were a kid then, but selling home PCs back in the 80s and 90s was derided by adults as a cash grab.
They were business tools! Omgurd! You’re just trying to get kids addicted to media!
It’s pretty fascinating being older and watching these arguments repeat themselves.
In case you haven’t noticed, political life is all about ownership. You’re sold disposable garbage on a cadence by people that own the machines that make it.
Your agency was sold to suppliers. Computing as a system of doing has matured.
They were business tools! Omgurd! You’re just trying to get kids addicted to media!
It’s pretty fascinating being older and watching these arguments repeat themselves.
In case you haven’t noticed, political life is all about ownership. You’re sold disposable garbage on a cadence by people that own the machines that make it.
Your agency was sold to suppliers. Computing as a system of doing has matured.