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The Dream Machine
by M. Mitchell Waldrop · 2001
M. Mitchell Waldrop's history of J. C. R. Licklider and the ideas that helped make interactive computing personal.
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The Dream Machine
Documented citation: Patrick Collison marked The Dream Machine as particularly great on his official bookshelf.
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Patrick Collison · mid 2026 note on page; original list kept for posterity · accessed 2026-06-21
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