Cassie Heart
@cassie
Today is an important day in computer history. For those who have talked to me for more than a minute, you've probably heard me compare the crypto industry to the hobbyist computer industry's path, drawing comparisons across the board. I want to take a moment and reflect on this excerpt from Jobs' Macintosh unveiling.
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Cassie Heart
@cassie
"It is 1958. IBM passes up the chance to buy a young fledgling company that has invented a new technology called xerography. Two years later Xerox is born and IBM has been kicking themselves ever since."
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notdevin
@notdevin.eth
👑 🫡
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El
@elxlee
I recall the days in 2006 being the first few users of Macintosh in my university, we loved it so much, we started a student led tech support. Macintosh is more than a system, it is a culture, a lifestyle, a belief. Many similarities to the crypto industry.
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frdysk.framedl.eth
@frdysk
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erica
@erica
this reminds me of a chat @yayou and i were having earlier this week about what’s coming in the future i brought up how the original advertisements for the macintosh were about how you could type up your recipes and store them 1/
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Messhup
@messhup
Really powerful, thanks for sharing 🫡🔥
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1-n
@1-n
A key difference between the personal computer and blockchain, is that purchasers of PCs perceived the money spent as consumption. With blockchains, “purchasers” view the money spent as some type of redeemable investment. This view creates tremendous ideological stickiness as the cost of “progress” is 0-sum.
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