Annotations for @howthecoldwar

The fact we could’ve done something different doesn’t get noticed and shape the way we see the world.

Those who say cold war say the history of computers since they are deeply intertwined.

Modern computer wouldn’t exist without Cold War & Cold War research was developed using computers

The technology often exceeded the application (1947 Aikans)

US Military invested the most into computers in 40s - 60s

To learn about the Nuclear War was by simulating it.

The simulation appeared to look more real than reality

We left the cold war behind but not the computer,

The way we see the world is shaped by the way we use computers

The tools we use have a history, they are artifacts of the history that created them, the political moment that created them, just as we are the history of those moments.