Nostalgia and the CRT Glow
There was a time when the glow of a CRT monitor felt like a portal. The green flicker of a C:\\> prompt was more than a command line — it was a promise that magic could happen if you knew the right incantation.
In The Dream of AI and Our Mirror I wrote about imagination as the fuel of coevolution. Nostalgia is part of that imagination. The memory of BASIC lines typed under a buzzing monitor, or the thrill of seeing the first sprite appear on screen, shaped the way we still approach technology today.
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