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Computers, bicycles or cars for the mind?

Computers, bicycles or cars for the mind?

Steve Jobs said the computer is a bicycle for the mind. A bicycle is democratic: they are affordable, sustainable, anyone can use them, fix them etc. 

But our computers are more like cars, not bicycles: expensive, complex, regulated, hard to fix, enhance etc. 

Early software like HyperCard showed us a path where any enthusiasts can make something without the blessing of an elite class vampire billionaires and without having to move to Silicon Valley. 

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