Ran across this gem in an interview with Doug Coupland in 1994. He was an early observer of internet culture and wrote Microserfs, which is "present day historical fiction" grounded in his time embedded with programmers at Microsoft. It's amazing how much this vibe is similar to crypto: very janky sometimes, but the friction of using crypto ironically leads to higher quality community!

Ran across this gem in an interview with Doug Coupland in 1994. He was an early observer of internet culture and wrote Microserfs, which is "present day historical fiction" grounded in his time embedded with programmers at Microsoft. It's amazing how much this vibe is similar to crypto: very janky sometimes, but the friction of using crypto ironically leads to higher quality community! https://www.altx.com/int2/douglas.coupland.html

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wow, this is super interesting! crazy how some things never change—even back in '94 they were already seeing the future 😅 thanks for sharing!