A Packet Full of Dreams
by Miki SaxonThirty-odd years ago when what most people think of technology were young and the Digital Generation was barely started Bill Gates and other experts raved about how that generation would revolutionize the world because they would all grow up programming.
The assumption was that most anyone with a computer would learn to program, because that was the nature of the beast.
Many others disagreed saying that just because someone drove a car didn’t mean that person wanted to work under the hood.
Turned out the latter group was correct.
Few people, whether their careers or their pleasures, depend on computers and the Internet have a clue as to what is actually going on—nor do they particularly care.
But for those of you who have a bit of curiosity as to what happens when you click ‘send’ I offer the following video; and if you already know watch anyway.
You’ll appreciate the skill it took to make something opaque so transparent.
