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M. Mitchell Waldrop: The Dream Machine (2018, Stripe Press) 4 stars

Review of 'The Dream Machine' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

I love reading about the early days of computing, and this book pulled several of the stories I was familiar with (ARPA, Xerox PARC, Bell Labs) and wove them into a single thread. The book loosely follows the career of JCR Licklider (Lick) and the role he played in promoting, funding, inventing, and evangelizing modern computing.