Empowerment and Naivety in the Early Computer Industry

The story of the early computer era was about empowerment. It was a bottom-up movement where people embraced computers and used them for creativity and challenging big companies. The industry was young, fast-moving, and filled with evangelistic individuals like Steve Jobs. There was naivety about the potential negative impacts of technology. If given the chance, Bill Gates would do it all again, despite some imperfect products.