What the Dormouse Said: How the Sixties Counterculture Shaped the Personal Computer Industry is exactly what you're looking for. It goes way back to before Xerox or Apple, getting up close and personal with the visionaries who dreamt that computers would one day augment human intellect, especially Doug Engelbart. I wish I was better at summarizing books - this is really really worth reading https://www.amazon.com/What-Dormouse-Said-Counterculture-Per... (https://www.amazon.com/What-Dormouse-Said-Counterculture-Personal/dp/0143036769)
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