> the Bay Area tradition that treated computers not as office appliances but as tools for thought, instruments of liberation

Missed a great chance to use the "bicycle for our minds" Steve Jobs quote (one of my favorite since it resonates so clearly with me)

https://youtu.be/ob_GX50Za6c?t=79

Of all the various branches of the raskin alterniverse we could have had I think about this document a lot: https://web.stanford.edu/dept/SUL/sites/mac/primary/docs/bom...

Imagine!