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2026-07-04 14:38 UTC
@pencilears@mastodon.eternalaugust.com @Kroc@oldbytes.space that just about sums up the optimistic hysteria of the era. who would write such an enthusiastic book, comparing microsoft to walt whitman, today? or even just a few years later?
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@pencilears@mastodon.eternalaugust.com 2026-07-04 19:43
@cultdev@mastodon.social @Kroc@oldbytes.space he wrote later in his book Seattle and the demons of ambition https://www.amazon.com/Seattle-Demons-Ambition-Number-Future/dp/0312334001 that he had gone insane while embedded with the Encarta team