1968 Predicted Every Modern Tech Problem | TheStandup

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[Description]
In this episode of The Standup, Casey Muratori joins us to look at the fascinating parallels between 1968 tech and today. We examine the original context of "premature optimization is the root of all evil" and flip through the pages of Datamation from over 50 years ago. It’s a wild trip through early ray tracing, the birth of firmware, and the first mentions of virtual machines.

[Chapters]
00:00:00 - Intro
00:02:59 - The origin of Premature optimization is the root of all evil
00:07:30 - The effort involved in a long talk
00:13:16 - The Root of The Root of All Evil Presentation LITE Start
00:15:52 - Datamation Issues
00:18:23 - New 4k Display in 1968
00:18:51 - 1968 Comp Sci Salaries
00:19:18 - AI taking over the world since 1968
00:20:27 - The Cope .45
00:21:18 - 1968 Datamining Concerns
00:23:02 - 1968 SAAS
00:23:32 - Software patent bill
00:23:56 - Conway's law in print
00:26:03 - UEFI BIOS
00:27:06 - Virtual Machines
00:28:54 - THE END OF OS
00:29:55 - LBJ Stamped ASCII
00:31:55 - COBOL Ad
00:32:19 - Computers to win Elections
00:32:57 - AI Lawyers
00:33:38 - To Err Is Agentic
00:35:53 - Flock Cameras in 1968
00:37:48 - Dont eat in the computer room
00:38:10 - 1.5cents per bit
00:39:18 - A Hexadecimal Pronunciation Guide
00:41:23 - Privacy and Freedom
00:42:17 - How do you gruntle
00:43:13 - Computer Technology in communist China
00:43:44 - The First Raytraced Image
00:45:27 - The Root of The Root of All Evil Presentation LITE End
00:47:38 - Outro

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[Sources]
Dax Fraud Tweet: https://x.com/thdxr/status/2092238606987370884
Stripes Fraud Pricing Update: https://support.stripe.com/questions/updates-to-radar-pricing-(january-2027))
Caseys BSC 2025 Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wo84LFzx5nI
Caseys BSC 2026 Talk: http://computerenhance.com/theroot (lots more sources here too)
Programmer of the Month (Edsger Dijkstra) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnMnXsmxoHc

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