Steven Johnson on "Spacewar!"
by The Long Now Foundation
Feb 13, 02018
Science author Steven Johnson discusses the legacy of “Spacewar!”, one of the earliest and most influential computer games. Johnson explores this story and more in his latest book, “Wonderland: How Play Made the Modern World” (02016). This clip is from the Q&A with Stewart Brand, who wrote a Rolling Stone article on the game in 01972. The Long Now Seminar “Wonderland: How Play Made the Modern World” can be watched in full here.
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