The Birth of Silicon Valley: The Hippies Who Built the First PC

This film traces the birth of Silicon Valley to an unlikely source, the counterculture and idealists of 1960s California. As authority was questioned and ARPANET quietly laid the groundwork for the internet, a group of dreamers set out to put computing in ordinary hands. It shows how hippie ideals helped shape the personal computer and the digital world that followed. It is a fascinating watch on the roots of modern technology. Free to watch in HD on Dr Documentary.

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