The Electric Typewriter
Great articles and essays by the world's best journalists and writers.24th Oct
by Stewart Brand (via afflictor.com)
Right now, hundreds of computer technicians are locked in life-or-Death space combat computer-projected onto cathode ray tube display screens, for hours at a time, ruining their eyes, numbing their fingers in frenzied mashing of control buttons, joyously slaying their friend and wasting their employers’ valuable computer time. Something basic is going on.
