BOOK · [2390]
The Dream Machine
History
Biography of J.C.R. Licklider and the people who turned interactive computing and the Internet from a hunch into infrastructure. Endorsed by Tobi Lütke and Patrick Collison.
AI Study Tools
Ways to absorb this book faster
Endorsed By
4 People-
“Great book published by Stripe Press. Love tech history.”
Tobi Lütke recommended the book in a tweet.
-
Flagged green (particularly great) on Collison's shelf; fits his recurring interest in the institutional origins of computing and the role of well-placed patrons in funding transformative research.
-
Recommended to Tobi Lütke on Twitter.
-
#27 on the all-time Hacker News books list.
Found on
3 SOURCEs- twitter.com tweet
- Patrick Collison's Bookshelf reading list
- hackernewsbooks.com · Top Books on Hacker News reading list
Readers Who Endorsed This Also Endorsed
6 BOOKs-
Antifragile
3 shared endorsers
-
Code
3 shared endorsers
-
Influence
3 shared endorsers
-
The Master Switch: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires
3 shared endorsers
-
A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy
2 shared endorsers
-
Coders at Work: Reflections on the Craft of Programming
2 shared endorsers