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How Computers Transformed Baby Boomers
theodp writes "Newsweek's Steven Levy takes a look at how the baby boomer generation formed our tech landscape. Many of the realities boomers grew up with are today's metaphors, including cut-and-paste, the origin of which the 56-year-old Levy had to explain to 20-something Google employees. Levy cites two texts as crucial in pushing the boomers' vision toward power-to-the-people computing — Ted Nelson's Computer Lib/Dream Machines, which inspired Mitch Kapor, and the January 1975 Popular Electronics, which got Bill Gates jazzed. You kids might want to check out Dad's bookshelf — used copies of Computer Lib are going for $130-$225 at Amazon."
Vote for Clinton or Edwards in 2008 and that's exactly what will end up happening.
Univeral Healthcare my ass! Second job enslavement, here we come!
Life is not for the lazy.
One thing for us GenX'ers to look forward to in regards to boomers is that they will ultimately die in great numbers ;P
I am sick and tired of boomers self-righteous attitude, and tendency to claim everything created or invented as their own. More and more I am beginning to think that us GenXer's are unfortunately raising children to act exactly like their grandparents. Curiously, I find I have more in common with those of "The Greatest Generation" in terms of values.