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This booklet published by Hewlett-Packard in 1964 is a fascinating snapshot of what was arguably the earliest "tech company." It crackles with optimism. 1964 was definitely time to build. http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/abouthp/histnfacts/publications/measure/pdf/1964_09-10.pdf …
When HP published that booklet, they were about the same age Google is now, but Google seems world-weary by comparison. No company of the same age dares to be so optimistic now. 1964 HP is schooling us.
Companies probably "age" faster now (like psychologically), the way businesses and economies move faster.
Related seems to be our attention spans. Since events and activities occur faster, we need to pay attention to events and predict their repercussions faster. But perhaps that's why people seem like they have shorter attention spans today as well.
Imagine how world-weary HP would have been had they had a trust and safety department then?
Difficult to be optimistic when so many are worried about others safety as a paid job.
Great read! Thanks Paul
Not just companies. UW Madison hired 13-14 math tenure track faculty that year. 15 years later, you’d have been lucky to get 1 a year.
I think it has something to do with where the product lives. With Google, what they're building publicly is almost all software and its tough to look outward when everything is in the computer.
HP was still in the physical world. If you look at companies today actually building things that exist outside the computer, the optimism is still there.
Tesla?
Bill and Dave knew how to keep things simple.
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