A long article in The New Yorker on Stewart Brand and The Whole Earth Catalog. You can definitely see the influence of that periodical on websites like Cool Tools, and even in non-fiction such as The Cosmic Connection by Carl Sagan and science fiction novels such as John Brunner's The Shockwave Rider and The Sheep Look Up. The weird thing about Whole Earth, is while it gave you tools to live better, live more independently, many of those who claim to have been influenced (hello, Silicon Valley!) do not fully embrace it (see "No User Serviceable Parts Inside" and the like).
What is the Whole Earth Catalog of today?
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