josef on Nostr: i think that as computers penetrated the mainstream, it became clear that the ...
i think that as computers penetrated the mainstream, it became clear that the majority of users only have a few basic things they want. most of the vast and rapidly-expanding potential of the machine would sit there, untapped. a wasted resource. this gap had to be filled with something, which is how we ended up with computers where the user does the few basic things they want, and then the computer secretly does a ton of other different things they don't want
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