<i>tips hat</i> my pleasure. I&#x27;ll add that I&#x27;ve recently begun to read about the fascinating early history of computing myself through a series of HN threads which led me to read, &quot;Tools for Thought&quot; by Howard Rheingold. That book is highly cited in another book mentioned here in the comments about Licklider, &quot;The Dream Machine&quot;.<p>I highly recommend Tools for Thought. It is very clear from reading these histories that the early pioneers of the field knew with a very high degree of accuracy how the future of computing would play out over the coming decades. That book is humbling to say the least.