Saying Goodbye To The Kojo Nnamdi Show
On this last episode, we look back on 23 years of joyous, difficult and always informative conversation.
Guest Host: Frank Stasio
Who was JCR Licklider and how did he change your life? Well, in large part, he is the man responsible for creating the human-computer symbiosis that resulted in the Internet. On this Tech Tuesday, learn how this experimental psychologist from Harvard came to work at the Pentagon and essentially gave rise to the computer revolution.
Guests
- M. Mithchell Waldrop Author of "The Dream Machine: J.C.R. Licklider and the Revolution That Made Computing Personal"; also former senior writer at Science
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