In our own spheres of tech, we have a nostalgia for the childhood that we missed. A childhood where everything was still new and magical. Where fairies might pl

In our own spheres of tech, we have a nostalgia for the childhood that we missed. A childhood where everything was still new and magical. Where fairies might plausibly be lurking around the corner. Things like realizing that phone lines were using sounds as control signals let you play in this field more easily. I imagine living in the era where they were just realizing that you could define a common interface for different instruction sets that allowed portability and I wonder how many of those ideas I would have come up with. That's what I attribute "golden age" talk to. I guess the author's point is that there are other field of technology that are currently young. I agree, but it's not exactly the same magic: Computer Tech is uniquely accessible, and our freedom to explore and play in other fields is limited by the current economic situation. However, even if I'd been born earlier, the golden age wouldn't have been as accessible to me geographically (I'd be in <small-mountain-town>, India). Also, my current goal is to get myself to a place where I can play in mature fields and explore younger ones.