The Atlantic recently cleaned up a 1982 article by James Fallows, in which he tells the story of how he started using a computer to type.
I thought I’d smile at what I now perceive as ingenuities (and perhaps I did), but more than that I recognized some very familiar feelings: the fascination with technology, the thirst for power and speed, and the need to find ways to make room for new objects that change the way you live.
Above all, I recognized that urge that makes some people stop being users, start tinkering with the machine and try to bend it to their will.