Building a Historical Sense in Computing
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Placing technology in its historical context is necessary for thinking about the future of computing
Their wordsBut being able to place our technological advancement into a historical context, to understand the path dependence and contingency, to see the long paths that early developments take to become everyday tools—all of these are necessary for thinking about the future of computing.
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