1979
25:48Ted Nelson struggles with uncomprehending radio interviewer, 1979
19K views • 9 years ago
TheTedNelson
A 1979 CBC radio interview in which Ted Nelson tries to explain how computers could serve as tools for thinking and visualizing. The interviewer keeps failing to grasp the idea, and Nelson patiently answers again and again.
19:55The Great 202 Jailbreak - Computerphile
532K views • 12 years ago
Computerphile
Computerphile with Professor Brailsford on how a 1979 Bell Labs team reverse engineered a Linotron 202 phototypesetter over a summer to get high-quality print output. It covers typesetting history and the later 2013 rebuild of the famous vacation memo.
2:29Milton Friedman on the free-market case for taxing pollution
76K views • 9 years ago
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A two-minute clip from a 1979 Phil Donahue interview in which Milton Friedman makes the free-market case for taxing pollution. He treats pollution as an externality that can be given a price.