bs2I was re-reading part or Theodore Roszak's _The Cult of Information_ and was reminded of a criticism of David Graeber's synopsis about how Apple computers got started in contrast to how corporation generally work... Thanks to Roszak's mention of the 'Homebrew Computer Club' and Menlo Park, I'm catching up on the details that Graeber got wrong but the main contrast seems right.
https://www.wired.com/2009/03/march-5-1975-a-whiff-of-homebrew-excites-the-valley-2/
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March 5, 1975: A Whiff of Homebrew Excites the Valley
1975: The pioneering computer-hobbyist group, The Homebrew Computer Club, holds its first meeting in a Silicon Valley garage. From its ranks will emerge industry pioneers like Apple co-founders Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak and hacker John Draper, aka Captain Crunch. It started with a flyer just for geeks posted on bulletin boards (the cork kind). […]