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		noufalibrahim 37 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Lee Felsenstein This was an era before my time but the book "Hackers" by Steven Levy does a great job of painting an evocative picture of this era. It evokes a feeling of nostalgia (as in, we missed being in those times) but when you think properly, you see that you still have the same types of opportunities in a field where the frontiers are ever widening.

partomniscient 37 days ago [–]

I remember the quote, maybe not word for word, but Lee said something like:

"You're going to do all that for the computer? What are you going to do for the people?"

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