How Computers Took Over Our Lives with Laine Nooney

Factually! with Adam Conover

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Comedy

4.4 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 26 July 2023

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

It's hard to imagine life without smartphones, but it wasn't so long ago that the idea of a home computer was a novelty. When was the exact moment that the "personal computer" became truly "personal," and how did computer ownership and literacy become inexorably tied to our lives? This week, Adam is joined by author and technology historian Laine Nooney to discuss how the Apple II revolutionized our fundamental relationship with technology. Find Laine's book at factually.com/books

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0:00.0	This is a HeadGum podcast.
0:03.0	I don't know the truth.
0:07.0	I don't know the way.
0:10.0	I don't know what to think.
0:13.0	I don't know what to say.
0:16.0	Yeah, that's okay.
0:19.0	That's okay.
0:22.0	I don't know anything.
0:26.0	Hello and welcome to Factually, I'm Adam Connover.
0:29.0	Thank you for joining me once again here on YouTube or on your favorite podcast player.
0:33.3	As I talk to an incredible expert about all the amazing things that they know that I don't
0:37.7	know and that you might not know.
0:39.8	Today, we're going to be talking about computer history.
0:42.8	And if you're worried that this is just going to be some geeks nerding out about hardware,
0:47.0	well, it will partially be that.
0:48.8	But in addition to that, we are going to be telling the story about how we got the relationship
0:53.2	that we do with computers.
0:55.4	How do they become omnipresent in our lives?
0:58.0	How do they end up being something that almost everybody in this country uses every single
1:02.9	day?
1:03.9	And you know, the journey of a billion clicks can begin with a single product launch,
1:07.0	but it might not be the product launch that you think.
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