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I love this picture on so many levels.
For starters, the amount of care that the artist made in getting the machines and other computing paraphernalia correct.
But also because it encapsulates the promise that computers had in the 1970s. The sheer optimism that computers could really change the world in a positive way.
I still think they can. I refuse to believe that we've corrupted computing beyond that optimistic phase.
@craigmaloney FWIW I believe computers are tools and can be a force for good.
However I think the root of many of the problems we face are fundamentally rooted in conflict over political and social values, and computers aren't going to be all that helpful at resolving those.
