The Silicon Valley Revolution - Part 1

Today, Silicon Valley is home to billion-dollar companies responsible for shaping the world we live in today. But the beginnings were amateurish, colorful, chaotic and revolutionary. Hippies, hobbyists and businessmen initiated unprecedented advancements in modern computing. Filmmaker Jan Tenhaven tracks down the aged pioneers of the computer revolution for exclusive interviews. They are the visionaries and innovators whose ideals and dreams made our networked world a reality.
PART 1:
How did the hippie culture of the 70's shape the technology of the future? The pioneers of the PC wanted to change the world in an attempt to dethrone the “Big Brother”. They wanted PCs for everybody instead of big computers for the powerful.
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[@LucidDreamer54321]

When I was in school in the 1970s, a teacher told us that computers are just a passing fad because "they don't do anything useful".

[@shazmosushi]

It's great that this documentary interviews so many of the luminaries of the 1970s computer industry. Very important to get their stories now, because they'll sadly be fewer of them around in 20 years.

[@ericorff9994]

I finagled the very first purchase of a PC by the State of NH in about October 1985. As the head of the state IT Department set the IBM computer on the table in the room of the NH Fish and Game Department where I was the first black bear biologist he said, "You know this is the very first one the state has ever purchased".

[@philipmcdonagh1094]

Makes me want to throw out that quantum computer i got up and running a few year back, think we could do without that.

[@retr0_fps]

i love this show

[@akashshrestha01]

Wow

[@akashshrestha01]

There were indegeneous american in california

[@alibizzle2010]

What's with all the hippy dippy crap? The valley started thanks to military companies

[@Djfmdotcom]

28:00 wowwww...what in the indoctrination was that?