Rating

★★★★☆

Category

non-fiction

Read

2018-08-28

Pages

297

History of the build of a new computer - does a good job getting underneath what drives nerds, overwork/burnout, etc…

“Transistors are superior. They are solid. They have no cogs and wheels, no separate pieces to be soldered together; it is as if they are stones performing useful work.

“it seemed to me that computers have been used in ways that are salutary, in ways that are dangerous, banal and cruel, and in ways that seem harmless if a little silly. But what fun making them can be!”

“That’s the bear trap, the greatest vice. Your job. You can justify just about any behavior with it. Maybe that’s why you do it, so you don’t have to deal with all those other problems.”