America at 300: Imagining the next half-century of change ^45%

The Washington Post - By Joel Achenbach - 7/1/2026, 9:00 AM

Biased Writer Voice 64.6% - Hindsight Bias 34.4% - Self-Serving Bias 34.4%

In April 1976, three months before the American bicentennial, two guys no one had ever heard of formed a little company called Apple. They were building what were called “microcomputers.” The traditional tech companies of the time built large mainframe computers. Small computers were of interest to hobbyists. They were a bit like toys.... more