Thanks for posting this, evn. There are so many interesting parts to this article.

One of the lines that still rings true today is: “Oftentimes the very limitations of a technological device are what allow for its expressive capacities to surface.” Sometimes simpler is better.

Really good quote from user ~stiray in the Hacker News comment section of this post:

Those were different times, we didnt have 30 types of chocolate bars, zillions of different toys but we had a lot of imagination. Now, my country… the consumption has completely destroyed public morale, innovation and will to actually do something else than be pretty (boys included) and fit and well dressed at youth time, having latest phone and likes on your FB account. I had unique chance to see two very different parts of how society functions and I think we, as humans, are on wrong path.