A cartoon time capsule on the origins of the computer and the growth of technology seems to have re-emerged after a 50-year slumber, offering several wise reminders about what technology should mean to enterprise today. Thanks to the Architizer blog for bringing the cartoon, “The Information Machine: Man and the Data Processor” to my attention.
Some background information: The film was written, produced, and directed by Charles and Alexandra “Ray” Eames in 1958 at the behest of IBM. The Eames’ motto was “the most of the best to the greatest number of people for the least,” and as the Library of Congress noted in the write-up for a 1999 exhibition of their designs, the duo was “perhaps best known for the form-fitting chairs that were produced in the 1940s and 1950s using the mass production techniques they invented.” They were also concerned with “how to make fundamental scientific principles accessible to the public,” which made them the perfect candidates to produce the animated short, which originally aired at the 1958 Brussels World’s Fair.
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