Blank SpaceW. David Marx
Blank Space
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Blank Space: A Cultural History of the Twenty-First Century by W. David Marx. A fascinating and approachable read.
on “Ask HN: What are you reading?” ↗…elements of the Bay Area's past created the culture at the time of the dot com boom: https://monoskop.org/images/d/dc/Barbrook_Richard_Cameron_An... Today's Bay Area has a direct lineage to all of that. Blank Space by W. David Marx does a great job of explaining how the post-2000 parts happened. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DXMVK94H It's all part of the same long, strange trip.
on “Child's Play: Tech's new generation and the end of thinking” ↗