1979 Blunt Office Workers Reveal What It Was Like Behind The Scenes

It was really an amazing moment for me as a documentary filmmaker. I was traveling around the country interviewing people about information overload, how much paper was being used in their offices, and other issues involved with the dawn of the computer age. Most office workers and corporate executives (both are presented in this clip) had not really been asked these questions and therefore they shared what they were experiencing and what they saw coming - paper overload - early computers - more information - more overload. I was filming at the end of the industrial age in the dawn of the information age. The result created a one hour prime time television special called The Information Society. Almost all Americans did not have a personal computer and did not see behind the scenes, how computers were taking over so many traditional office jobs. I doubt that today any corporation would let independent filmmakers ask blunt questions and get blunt answers without a PR person watching every word spoken. I have posted other clips from the outtakes of this film should you be interested in seeing more from this time - 1979.
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[@brandonobaza8610]

I'm young enough to have been raised on computers, but old enough to remember the importance of a library card.

[@blumen9724]

Same. I always wonder why people in my cohort say that they can't imagine not having a smartphone. I'm here like we didn't back in 2008 unless your parents could afford them.... 🤔

[@AngelaMay66]

Im old enough not to be raised on computers. Computer science was a new course when I was in high school. The course was necessary because computers were not user friendly and precise codes had to be typed, they were boxes and colorless.

[@OB.x]

If you don't realize the benefit of a library card in 2021 your a moron. Free blu rays. Free ebooks, comics, etc. Hell some rent out video games now

[@OB.x]

@@AngelaMay66 I was raised on computers....back in the 90s you could use a library to check out Doom and other pc games....just like you can do with certain ps3/4 games today

[@MrShanester117]

The first time I used a computer, I was 18

[@abipereiraof]

Just before the two minute mark, a lady said she felt at least once a week that she was drowning in forms. Nowadays, workers say the same thing about emails and digital spreadsheets. Nothing has really changed, if you ask me.

[@jane.elliot5782]

SO true. It's worse, IMO

[@ccsutherland4621]

I was just going to comment this lol. buried in emails/forms, all the same.

[@Angela-ny9di]

True. Emails have gotten out of hand.

[@STRcircaFKR]

@Ughbye honey you need to find real problems to solve

[@ketura_v_art]

@Ughbye What would an OVERLY FEMININE SOCIETY look like?

[@magillakilla9517]

No disrespect me Hoffman but I love that you are old! So many people here on KZbin weren’t adults during years like this so you videos are truly unique

[@diane9247]

I'm old and I remember all of these changes. They were a pain in the neck! In recent years it seems that the tonnage of paper is less.

[@raestalgia]

Yeah, and for many, they were just a twinkle in their mommies', and daddies' eyes. I would say the people that are interviewed here are about my mom's age give, or take 5 years.

[@suzanne1430]

He's not old....he's a senior.....you just don't refer to your elders as old.......no disrespect I'm not trying to sound.....rude. 🎀

[@Dahakra]

This man has lived long enough to have a perspective and a reference to current events, now younger folks are so brainwashed / bombarded with information its impossible to have a clear head.

[@mascottie]

He’s not old.

[@RichSDet]

You do us a great public service by allowing us to look at our past so we can better understand our present and future ahead of us.

[@kennydawson265]

Thinking the same. Educational.

[@deangelostarnes1795]

Agreed. This is fascinating and extremely valuable.

[@globalSchelmuffsky]

today, we can make clips like these every minute with almost every phone. but seeing a clip from the late 70s makes me realise how redundant most clips from today are. it's just sooo much of the same. it's getting harder to find genuinly inspiring stuff. these 70s clips feel refreshing

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[@TheLivirus]

@Danny Horworth They're symptoms of rampant poor taste I'm afraid.

[@benkleschinsky]

That is so very true. If you were capturing something from that time period it better be important. Perhaps that is why when we look back at memories we see the rose colored glasses. Today we capture so many photographs and videos that they often become meaningless.

[@benkleschinsky]

@Tony Dorfmann I would have to agree. Consolidation of information has pushed forward a total invasion of privacy, and total lack of freedom. Today your boss texts and emails you until midnight and you are expected to respond. The eight hour work day is gone. No one can take their focus away from their phones even while they're driving. It's sad.

[@emmaphilo4049]

You don't value clips from today because they are from today and there are millions of them. Sure documents from the 70s are not as common so they are more precious. But one day today stuff will be refreshing for someone too....

[@benjamintaylor3934]

Everyone saw it coming: information would be the new currency, and privacy would be a distant memory.

[@violetblue1924]

And to think us now being on the cusp of the 4th industrial revolution how we will look back on these days with a feeling of this kind of same nostalgia we see in this video. Change is constant. This time though with cryptocurrency and AI and the new computers it’s going to be quite the time to be alive.

[@dahliafully]

A ton of people didn't want to listen while others saw it coming. The hard sell of computers was that they would "save trees by producing less paper" (there's more paper being used when every individual as well as business has a printer,) "tele markers won't get to a cell phone whereas they get to you through the phone book and your land line," "the internet will democratize information and technology," "the computer will eliminate the wasteful 'middle man' and make things less costly and more efficient," "your personal computer will be as safe and secure as you want it to be," "technology will eliminate the toxic industrial waste of the paper industry and other businesses built around information," "the computer is the future and there's no way around it." The kinds of questions and answers from the US Congress when taking testimony from tech executives in very recent years was prime example of how "everyone" did not see it coming and didn't fully know what they were dealing with.

[@dahliafully]

@@violetblue1924 hmmm I don't feel any nostalgia for the video, probably because I lived through it. I saw the disruption at its early stages and how helpless people were to stop it and how "privacy" was not part of the general conversation. These folks had a far more inside glimpse of what was happening. We were also coming out of ten years of a war that had morally and financially (and physically) devastated a generation as well as their parents so they were grasping at the shiniest thing to save them for the promised land. The predicted "middle class millionaire" was not seen as a great thing. I'm not certain we'll really be alive....

[@nicktch4184]

@@dahliafully I love computers though, I do not think we as a society can always be responsible to harness our focus and make sure we use technology responsibly.

[@dahliafully]

@@nicktch4184 Loving something is using it responsibly and being a member of society. Acknowledging how love for self and love for society and how we use our tools are not exclusionary. We don't truly love if we use any technology without concern for our wider actions. This is something taught for centuries with every tool.

[@Msgrimsteppa]

This is the original,“The Office”

[@christinet638]

spot on!

[@icanrelate]

Lol yesss

[@Felix-M.]

Word On the Money 💰 Nail on the Head 🔨 🔨

[@tighekilqvist9456]

Omg Totez McGoatz

[@theangrydweller1002]

I would watch a show with all these people as the characters

[@eagillum]

I was born in the late 70's, and still work with the photocopier, and to this day, it STILL jams.

[@tubeblack35]

Cheap copy paper maybe.

[@eagillum]

@@tubeblack35 also, not fanning it out first before putting it in the tray.

[@Slopmaster]

Hard rock or classic rock?

[@alexiswilliamsinc]

Hahaha, Erin, I cracked up as the young lady (who is likely WAY older than I am) described how simple the machines were to work with. I thought she must have just started working with them before this was recorded. 🤣

[@morry32]

current one at work gets hung up on every single copy and you have to hit "ok" button, no one knows why. We just put up with it and it could be replaced for fewer than $100, and somehow that's not offset by having someone stand there. I keep assuming someone will buy a new one for home and bring us their current one, been at least four months.

[@deangelostarnes1795]

"Information is Control. Question is 'Who is the information for?'" Man, this is good stuff on so many levels.

[@PhilMoskowitz]

For the average ordinary person, you have no need to fear. The government and spies can't investigate everyone, and we're nowhere on their radar. Our vulnerability is with hackers seeking social engineering victims with the intention of theft. The government could care less about our puny lives. We like to think so because it promotes our own self-importance.

[@IN-tm8mw]

@@PhilMoskowitz but the nail that sticks out gets hammered down. The moment you transition from an average person to an extraordinary person by doing anything of notoriety....

[@dahliafully]

@@PhilMoskowitz The Patriot Act says differently.... FBI files of decades on say differently. There is plenty of reason to not only fear but to act and vote against surveillance and for personal privacy. The main one is that we are all innocent until proven guilty. People should never be suspected or "proven" of anything before or during an action that is usually evidence of nothing. For instance, judgements based on internet searches should mean next to nothing. People search for all sorts of topics for all sorts of reasons but it doesn't mean they are participants in those topics. The average person needs to be far more aware of the exploitation of their own existence. And the average person needs to be far more familiar with the Declaration of Human Rights and the US Constitution.

[@cidmatrix9643]

Maybe we're just all jaded and cynical now, but people sure seemed more sincere and open back then

[@KathyAZ]

Yep, the phrase Politically Correct was not yet heard of...

[@josephdockemeyer6782]

Because people appreciated the free exchange of ideas and discussions. It was considered open minded and positive to listen to differing opinions.

[@martywilsonlife]

You are correct.

[@luingalls]

People were happier because... Free.

[@emmaq3250]

People are so hateful these days, what's the point in even talking to a stranger . You never know if someone is going to go off on you at any moment

[@N.E.U.R.O]

as a 22 year old, this brought me to tears for some reason. We need more good history like this

[@emmaq3250]

The media only wants you to focus on the bad and make us all hate each other. The truth is there are a lot of sincere people out there

[@juneelle370]

Psychology has been wrong for many years by making psych simply a mental process. People who express themselves, feel their feelings, processing them out/letting them go are STRONGER, MORE RESILIENT AND HAPPY! You might want to check out Peter Levine’s work and also the book What Happened to You... also lots of great free videos from all sorts of people on KZbin about how to be healthy in mind and body using somatic body therapies... which most you can do yourself at home if you can’t afford a therapist.

[@N.E.U.R.O]

@@thenativist3564 I'm beta because I can deeply appreciate and connect to another time beyond my own life? lol, I don't think you know what beta means

[@N.E.U.R.O]

@@thenativist3564 For someone who has the flower of life as their profile picture that's a pretty ignorant thing to say, emotions are fine if you don't attach to them, and it's not a silly video it's history, it's highly reflective of the times we live in now, the fact that we even have this kind of thing on film is a huge deal for history and people to see how others thought at the time

[@timg2088]

@@thenativist3564 Didn't your mom teach you any manners?

[@fearisthemindkiller387]

‘I don’t like Politics entering into Government’ That’s one of the truest oxymorons there is right there.

[@JSPHKH]

“social security never seemed to be political up to this point” 🤯🤯🤯 pretty chilling indictment of the pre “information age” education system that it would be possible to come out of it with that view

[@M_SC]

Well yes and no. By government one could mean the ideology of the party in power or the supposedly neutral progressional bureaucracy that continues despite the party. Until you get such a right wing party treat they destroy such bureaucracy on purpose so they can say government doesn’t work and privatisé everything. Most countries have laws in place to prevent such anti democratic, anti civilised destruction

[@supereliptic]

@@JSPHKH It struck me as odd as well, but in giving her the benefit of the doubt, I think she meant more that departments of the civil service should remain apolitical and should never be hindered by the ideology of whatever party ends up in government from one term to the next. I mean, ultimately its the civil service that keeps a country running from day to day so you need them to be able to just do their jobs without having to be on the 'right side' of politics.

[@jonathanrabbitt]

Politics is just *other* people's idea about how things should be done. What she was saying, without knowing it, is that she is a dictatorial tyrant. Do it my way, or you're just making it political.

[@Coffeeisnecessarynowpepper]

No! YOUR a moron!!!!

[@CarolineBearoline]

I'm always tickled pink, to see your stuff from the 80s.... I'm like, those glasses! Those clothes! And somehow I know everyone smells faintly of cigarettes lol

[@zampieritto]

1979 and 2000 or 2021 clothes didn't change much. I don't see any difference.. Really changed about 1965

[@CarolineBearoline]

@@zampieritto oh yes, my mom was amused when I pulled out her bell-bottom jeans and proceeded to wear the absolute shit out of them lol this was in 2001

[@MoreAverageThanMost]

The urban areas smelled like exhaust and gasoline. If you drive behind an older vehicle you get a sample.

[@CarolineBearoline]

@@MoreAverageThanMost I grew up in NYC, there were MANY competing smells lol

[@Tyrfingr]

Those were some really amazing times, i miss the 80's and hard.

[@Brakvash]

3:22 I LOVE THIS LADY. Her facial expressions are absolutely charming.

[@emmaphilo4049]

Yes she is beautiful :)

[@robstrck3314]

Right? When she wouldn’t mention the first thing that came to mind, I got a pretty good idea what it was. Her second choice was government lol

[@wacky.racoon]

@@robstrck3314 Management ? Lol

[@N2LADIES55]

Gorgeous, smart and full of personality. I hope she sees this KZbin video.

[@sjoseph1513]

I wonder where she is today . I felt that when she said burn the paycheck

[@seshboy2941]

This is one of the most interesting things I've ever seen. To see intellectuals from 1979 talk about what society will be like after computers develop more is so fascinating. They were spot on about so many of their predictions. Really makes you stop and think about how much we take for granted.

[@idab6864]

Seeing people predict accurately where we are now makes me afraid of the predictions we can make about the future now.

[@applecrave1097]

@@idab6864 Which is why it matters that we take the steps to see the difference we want to see in our society, not just for our present time. To advocate, push, and work on things that matter and help people.

[@idab6864]

@@applecrave1097 I agree, but politicians and the government couldn't care less and they're the ones responsible

[@josethebioform7519]

@@idab6864 not just them, corporations may be apolicital in the sense they really only care about maximizing profit while reducing bad publicity. But they are so intertwined that at this point we are teetering on a new true breed of aristocracy. Itd be in the best interests of the those in those groups to create a sense of neo feudalism. All the agonies but spruced up a bit under the illusion of choice and upward mobility. Theyll use a few cherry picked examples of self made men to show that yes you too can build a fortune 500 company out of your garage. Never mind statistics and odds.

[@michaelfisher9671]

True but it’s slightly weird the way that the deeper parts of this video are buried behind a couple of lightweight “smalltalk“ interviews with office workers, and a headline that makes it sound like it’s going to be about the trivialities of office life. Yet the real importance of the video is the second half.

[@Susanc06]

About 1978 I was around 13 or 14 years old. I was invited in Santa Monica, California to participate in a focus group for computers. They showed us Logos and ask us questions what we like from what I remember they wanted to market computers and they wanted the opinion of children. Guess what the logo they showed me? It was Apple 📱 😄

[@annehill2741]

Was the testing at the RAND corporation in A Santa Monica,CA?! Probably.

[@Susanc06]

@@annehill2741 No, it was a facility that did focus groups for independent companies.

[@maloyo7901]

Cool!

[@AshtonCoolman]

I wish you could do a follow up interview with some of these people today.

[@usssanjacinto1]

I'll but that for a dollar!

[@LoriDitchfield]

That sounds like a great idea!!

[@jenniferhaynes8625]

This was 42 years ago.Hopefully they can be found,I was a young kid,I'm close to 50 now.

[@africaart]

Add 40 years to their age in this video.

[@AshtonCoolman]

@@africaart The youngest ones should be in their 60s and 70s so I'd imagine some are still alive.

[@dontcallmejon]

i was born in 79 and first thing i always notice when looking at photo albums or clips like these is that no one is overweight.

[@mrwonder8470]

Me too. I swear the bs started right around then. Then crack and hiv came came out a few yrs later

[@waitwhat6056]

@one luv That might have been before they began hiding high fructose corn syrup in foods; shortly before they began making food portions much larger; and before they began pushing fast food as a lifestyle.

[@Richard-xo2uv]

Sugar in everything

[@GirlofNicky]

Oh my, the last 2 older gentlemen were prophetic about the loss of privacy and increased government control of individuals by saving personal information in data banks! I wonder if they realized how far it would go😔

[@kalstonii]

The book 1984 was published in 1949. Fair to say some of these “minds” had no doubt read the book. Computers were around before 79, just not in the mainstream...if you believe in the lunar landing. They had to have computers

[@dahliafully]

@@kalstonii Email, was once only a tool academics within a university and for the Military Industrial Complex in the Eisenhower years. Important to understand the history of Burma (Myanmar) in those years and what the government was doing to its people then. Important to understand what was happening at the beginning of the Industrial Revolution and how corporate power took over the influence of nations and created wars for themselves. Important to read The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction campuspress.yale.edu/modernismlab/the-work-of-art-in-the-age-of-mechanical-reproduction/

[@wertiaaudit5746]

@@kalstonii I see what you did there. The 1984 book was published in 1979. Spooky

[@kalstonii]

@@dahliafully facebook used to only be for colleges too 🤣

[@kalstonii]

@@wertiaaudit5746 the book was published in 1949 like i said en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nineteen_Eighty-Four

[@chrislindsay3104]

Guy at 7:50: there are 400,000 computers in this country. Today: there are 400,000 computers in every square mile counting all the chips inside cars, homes, the internet of things.

[@morry32]

How many computers do you think each of own?

[@jtm274]

Your film documents bring me back to a time I wasn’t even born. I feel nostalgia although there’s no prior memory there to feel nostalgic about. Your films bring me to a time I wish I was there for. Thank you Mr. Hoffman.

[@whom.d2549]

Thats called saudade

[@NUNU082380]

Reincarnation

[@zampieritto]

Those times were better than now. From 2000 till now are just emptyness

[@jtm274]

@@zampieritto “emptiness” is a great way to describe the times we live in now. “Emptiness” is a shallow way of putting it.

[@zbdot73]

I think also you had a chance for a 'clean start', today with the internet that is impossible. 2nd, because so many systems were manual there were jobs for everybody.

[@filthygee]

Lolll I love the black lady. She's so beautiful. Her personality and facial expressions are so refreshing.

[@djbhe]

Yes she is. I was thinking the same thing.

[@misskia22]

Yes! I was thinking the same 😍

[@m789fy]

Same I thought I was the only one in love ♥️

[@Tomi_janet15]

😍😍

[@abdulmujeebquick4452]

Bruhh she was a baddie before baddie was a thing lol

[@knyc2580]

"Spiro Agnew, a man no one would accuse of being excessively informed" Ohhh.....I cried on this 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@jiveturkey9993]

His "impudent snobs" speech is one of the greatest speeches ever.

[@seffievondionysus1631]

The way he said that so deadpan was hilarious

[@teebee3631]

I cracked up 🤣

[@maloyo7901]

Oh, the nattering nabobs.

[@CanadianPrepper]

Love this channel!

[@ChannelMath]

Just don't say anything that mildly contradicts anything Mr. Hoffman says, and you'll continue to love it

[@bladimirastorga9308]

Me too

[@V___V__]

love watching these, they're interesting and always bring me a calmness that I can't really explain

[@janakafka4427]

:V :V I haven’t stopped to think about that aspect of my enjoyment of Mr. Hoffman’s work. You are exactly right, its a soothing, calming show. I always feel better inside after watching. Thanks for bringing that to my attention and THANK YOU Mr. Hoffman for your brilliant show!

[@Moonless6491]

I think it's the relation to people in the distant past who have everyday lives like you and me with the same problems. Maybe we feel relief knowing that the more things change, the more they stay the same.

[@incrediblec872]

I Concur

[@klumpytheklown3798]

I would explain it as a type of nostalgia. The good kind. 🤡

[@AjayTheBlaze]

It shows how much some things have stayed the same yet seem so different in our context

[@xnoolin5521]

All the women are gorgeous!!! What an absolute amazing glimpse into the past. I remember as i kid in the 90's i would watch old shows with my grandmas and just try to imagine their youth and the atmosphere of their times.

[@mtngrl5859]

Because there was not this over obsession on the physical that there is now. Of course, we would get groomed, wear some kind of makeup, but none of this weird, I need to get a nose job, boob implant to be desirable put silicon in my face attitude. Even if you look at the Magnum PI show, the woman in bikinis are rather normal looking with toned but not crazy proportions.

[@ropale9730]

I love the hairstyles, 😍

[@tgs7515]

@@jchapman8248 I know, freedom of personal expression is so triggering.

[@tgs7515]

@@mtngrl5859 There's always been obsessions over fashion and looks throughout all of time. Just because you don't think there was doesn't mean that it's the truth.

[@tgs7515]

It's funny, but I don't think women dress or look the way they do for your approval, but thanks for objectifying them anyway.

[@mikenixon2401]

It is always so funny to look back. What we were told in the 1970s that it would be like by the 21st century vs. the reality of today. I never did get my George Jetson car.

[@dbentleyto95]

Yes, and a jet pack!

[@gregpeterman1102]

Running a few decades behind because of democrats.

[@razorraysolarsavings72]

Lol you didn’t get those nifty futuristic gadgets because back then they didn’t talk enough about the importance of getting rich first. Not following the herd. Capitalism. ;)

[@robstrck3314]

My science teacher back then was busy warning about the impending ice age and pollution would be so bad that there would be no more trees except for in museums.

[@dbentleyto95]

@@robstrck3314The warning was "You don't know what you've got 'til it's gone." times. Be careful with nature. We don't have tree museums yet, but there are all kinds of replacement trees like the ornamental pear trees everywhere.

[@meredith.0]

As a millennial with an “old soul” actually SEEING what the 70s looked like is so amazing. I just LOVE your videos. The world was so different back then. It’s nice to see a simpler time.

[@chestrockwell8328]

I'm interested in what your thoughts are regarding how people behaved/were from the 70's videos David Hoffman has published on YT that you've watched.

[@thetribalfunkster1329]

funny the guy in vid reminiscing about simple times so musta been simple simple times when he was boy

[@sourceawry4035]

I sometimes feel regret for younger people because you missed some really wholesome times. I was born in 1971, before seat belts, smoking cessation, child safety latches, and credit cards. They were such good times, in my opinion. I'm sure your generation has their common pop culture relics and themes, and they will become more deep in meaning as you age. Sometimes people opt out of having a family bc of the state of the world today, but it is the very children born during problematic times who bring new eyes to problems we failed to solve. I have total faith in your generation to be better than we could be, as it pertains to the trends of eras, however I do think the stability of people from the 70s is definitely a good thing to restore. Cheers!

[@zampieritto]

It was very nice till about 2000. Then, the Internet and was buried with the smartphones about 2012 when they became cheaper.

[@NYD666]

You must be straight and white

[@simplesimon755]

It was fascinating and even unsettling at times to hear people foreshadowing so many of the problems we still face today. Additionally, it is a bit sad to see that some of the warnings that were mentioned here, the importance of education for the masses, the risks of oversharing personal information, the profiteering from information, and so on, those warnings were not heeded. Sadly, in my opinion, the glow has most certainly been dampened as mentioned by Ernest Boyer at 12:23 mark. Yet another excellent video. Thank you for sharing these wonderful outtakes.

[@simplesimon755]

2:55 When she talks about how the computer can "go offline" she mentioned that it was because it went off the tracks it was designed to run on. I wonder if she meant off the line of tracks or if "offline" meant the same thing back then. Really interesting look back at an age that now seems so far away.

[@josephdockemeyer6782]

She was referring to the tracks.

[@mrskaa7584]

Yeah there was no such thing as the term online being used regarding the web, or on the internet then.

[@covertLLC]

There was no public internet in 1979... The year I was born, I probably wasn't born yet when this video was made, as I was born at the end of that year in November.

[@sgg17003]

Some government offices used to have automated mail carts that would travel the route, stop for a little while designated people picked up and dropped off their sections mail or documents. I worked somewhere 8 years that had s robot cart that would beep. It would travel along a painted line...but we couldn't see the line. So ancient, yet not so.

[@Ednyce81]

Yeah I caught that and was wondering the same thing too

[@dsharpe9557]

I was 8 when this was made. I'm now a 50 year old I.T. guy. This was very informative and entertaining. Thank you.

[@djbhe]

1971!!!! I turn 50 in a couple of weeks.

[@dsharpe9557]

@@djbhe Woohoo! Team 1971!!! Happy Birthday in advance ✌😊

[@djbhe]

@@dsharpe9557 Thank you!!! I know that video bought back a lot of memories for you as it did for me.

[@aaronamodt5158]

i'm a computer history enthusiast, and have been a 'very online person' since i was a kid in the late 90s. I'm continually astounded that we keep having this conversation about automation and the power inequality as a result of automation. going back many many centuries! I'm a rookie programmer myself, and the way I see things going, even though it's a specialized occupation right now there's just no way computer programming will not be part of primary education, alongside math and grammar in the future.

[@cooldudecs]

It’s a very IQ related science

[@interestingcomments5178]

Everyone’s eyes nowadays are blank. When they aren’t in their phones then they are in a trance. Always low key distracted, but these people from the past are very attentive and there in the moment. I love it.

[@choirofplayas4831]

In a trance 😂 I agree though

[@tgs7515]

Ok boomer

[@dahliafully]

AND they don't pose. They're not interested in celebrity or self promotion.

[@leareed3749]

I swear its literally people who dont understand technology who say shit like this lmao

[@jayjohn9680]

I wonder where the men are in the office. All I saw was lots of make up and fresh from the salon hairdos. That boss must have been one happy dude.

[@jsbethke]

Amazing how prescient some of these people were about computers and the future of the office. One thing I didn't hear: the end of the office and working from home!

[@sourceawry4035]

Wow, David, this is pure gold! What a prophetic speech at 11:21, and at 10:33 an artifact of the ideological root that plagues us now. It gets better and better from there, and if these are your outtakes I can only imagine what wisdom was lost on the A -roll. You were a true visionary, and I love how relevant your material proves to be now. The prophetic man I mentioned really hit that nail square when he suggested a class division by accessibility to information, and seeing it today has just blown my mind. Not that it takes a rocket scientist to think it, but because it was an amazing insight from so early in this transformation by technology. Thanks for sharing!

[@dbentleyto95]

So true, I was thinking that as well. The out takes were amazing, so could only imagine what was on the original documentary. Great insight on a lot of these outtakes.

[@Finnegan708]

Man,what an era. She could be my grandma now but the black lady in begining is a cutie pie. What became of her I wonder. Peace, David.

[@generalblack5556]

I'm in my mid 20s and even I know that back then it was so authentic and easier and straightforward to get a job back then.

[@generalblack5556]

@@preciadoalex123 Tell me about it bro *sigh*

[@josephdockemeyer6782]

It was easier to get a job. There were more GOOD jobs, also. You could walk in and get hired the same afternoon. No credit checks or peeking around on the internet. Employers would ask "can you start tomorrow?"...

[@generalblack5556]

@@josephdockemeyer6782 I can only imagine bro. Just go in ask for a job and then start the same day and be productive with the rest of your life with the costs of life and expenses being minimal.

[@JB-3794]

@@generalblack5556 Don't forget, pay was also 'minimal' to go with the minimal expenses. It's all relative. I was 24 in 1980.

[@generalblack5556]

@@JB-3794 You made a very good point there. Well all I can say is... at least it was more balanced back then. And lesser unfairness in terms of costs and expenses compared to now.

[@Kenderland]

Thank you for this. I was born 1990 and I this is amazing looking at people that don’t use technology like we do today. Seems like more airy vibes back then. Very light.

[@bombomos]

They were more social, had more face to face experience. That's my take on it

[@FS02012]

They had computers back then...just these guys didn't use it. My mom had apple computers in 1977 at work

[@Kenderland]

@@FS02012 True but not everyone had or needed one. I was stating the difference in the lack or need for technology use compared to today where computers are in most consumer products.

[@maloyo7901]

Well, nobody felt that having more than two cubic feet of workspace was excessive as they do today.

[@bertramwinslowiii2119]

What strikes me is how seriously all these good folks take their jobs. No matter how boring and mundane the job, most people take pride in it and think it's really important.

[@spinynorman1562]

@@VictoriaWonders I didn't say they're faking it. I think they genuinely find at least some aspects of the job interesting and think that what they're doing is making a difference, somehow. I've done lots of different jobs and always find within a few weeks I'm really "into it", really absorbed in the challenges of that particular workplace. It's only when I leave the job that I realise how petty it all was.

[@dahliafully]

@@spinynorman1562 Alienation in work is real. And doing work without alienation is real.

[@NYD666]

No, it aint. Life is absurd and pointless. Why take it seriously?

[@NYD666]

@@spinynorman1562 drugs can make even the most menial task seem amazing

[@screenarts]

Back then these workers could buy a house afford children.

[@JSPHKH]

great clips! i was taught that reagan was a successful leader because of his ability to persuade voters with his great communication skills. but some of these outtakes have me wondering if he was just tapping into what americans were already feeling: alienation, being overwhelmed, discomfort: all this technology and social change, but things don’t seem to be getting any easier. “i’m going to tell you a word, tell me what comes to mind: bureaucracy” “...i couldn’t say it. i’m not supposed to mention it. government? government.” “good, bad, too much?” “bad and too much” “so why aren’t you supposed to answer?” “....well the government wasn’t the first thing that came to my mind” i recently edited a documentary film which involved a lot of archival from 77-79. i’m 30, and history class for me pretty much wrapped up with the vietnam war, so it was pretty mind blowing to discover how much of the foundation of our current moment was being laid at this point: computers, white flight+ early gentrification, financialization of the economy, the ERA, alternative energy, declining labor power, etc....

[@SteamControlValve]

I was 12 in 1979. Had a great childhood. Great video. People are still pondering these same questions just on a different scale.

[@myekal147]

A lot of insightful middle class workers, and a few bright ones in upper management as well!

[@MixedRogueKhorri]

I remember learning to type on an electric typewriter in primary school in the 1990s ...then almost overnight we had computers....It's wild how far things have come. I love that youtube has shown me what life was like pre-1990s. I must say ....people seemed more human...and real...just genuine. Love this channel. Love an Independent Film Maker.

[@Skitty235]

I’m so surprised about how they had predictions that aren’t too far off, also the guy talking about the separation with the elite, saying everyone needs to be equal in information... I loved that part, I think currently the spread of information is so powerful in my generation

[@eldenrivas7842]

The Harvard Economics professor is so profound, wise, and intentional with what he says. I truly am grateful for you Mr. Hoffman I discovered you years ago and have been hooked since.

[@DavidHoffmanFilmmaker]

Eldon. Please consider becoming a member of our community. I think you will find the perks well worth it. From my community homepage, the top right hand corner has a button - "join". David Hoffman filmmaker

[@eldenrivas7842]

@@DavidHoffmanFilmmaker this whole time I thought I was subscribed. Thank you and God bless you David.

[@theguycalled1]

Goddamn David, you did it again. Watching your videos so often helps me to realize just how similar and relatable people have always been, no matter the time. Thank you for your work and for your keeping these outtakes!

[@VanillaEarth744]

Please don't take Gods name in vain like it says not to in the Bible. God Bless you and your loved ones and REMEMBER JESUS LOVES YOU GUYS TOO, EVERYONE ☝️🙏✝️

[@theguycalled1]

@@VanillaEarth744 give me the exact biblical quote please.

[@VanillaEarth744]

@@theguycalled1 Exodus 20:7 You shall not invoke the name of the LORD, your God, in vain.* e For the LORD will not leave unpunished anyone who invokes his name in vain.

[@theguycalled1]

@@VanillaEarth744 and what is your definition of the word "vain," my friend?

[@VanillaEarth744]

@@theguycalled1 not mine definition but what it is. out of shock, meaningless, saying Gods name in a disrespectful way

[@notthesame8991]

Gosh it's amazing to hear these beautifully unfiltered voices!!! There were so many excellent time stamps that I couldn't choose the best. The whole thing was fantastic!

[@DavidHoffmanFilmmaker]

Thank you.

[@kathyingram3061]

~I worked at a computer processing place in 79, and the room with the HUGE computers was really cold, and used IBM cards that created little holes in them, and the little holes punched were used for confetti!!!~☆~

[@sharkmeldon]

Holy F@#K! They were describing their future, which is our current time, perfectly! Wow! Back when people used to think for themselves. Thanks!

[@ZachMeador]

What’s the % of people back then that “thought for themselves” and what’s the % that do now?

[@kennydawson265]

Précis.

[@kikifisselstein7322]

@@ZachMeador low digits for both

[@JWF99]

Hello David, ty for a great video ! In mid 1980s high school I took 3yrs of advance computer science, it was all brand new to my school, Apple II 5in black floppy disk, big ole towers, long broad monitors, no such thing as a mouse yet, 1st yr was an introduction class, we were taught about this amazine internet thing? called the "information super highway" lol, constantly adding all sorts of info. to our personal lil blk disk ! 2nd and 3rd yrs we mainly programmed games (alot of games) on a regular basis, I wasn't the computer type, and just took the classes as electives, the last day of my senior yr. as I cleaned out my locker, I casually gave my disk (and a ton of literature) to some girl I thought was cute,lol. that was it ! 3yrs of programming gone ! I wish I had kept it ! But almost everything they taught us was completely outdated a few yrs later, my wife and I bought our 1st computer in 1993, it stayed in our living room for her n the kids, I didn't really know how to even turn it on ! The rate that computer tech. has grown is incredible ! And I'm sure alot of what we are learning today is gonna be left behind to become outdated and obsolete as well, maybe faster than we can imagine 💾💽🖱🗄📋🗂🗑😁

[@vintagestrings6]

You can really feel that time period as I was 20 years old then. Those girls are so beautiful and in a way people almost seemed like they were a bit more innocent, honest and ethical or maybe that's just me wanting to believe the world was like that back then. At the time I guess I didn't realize how good it was so, not so long ago . Thanks for your efforts my friend. 👍💪❤️

[@samithegreat7840]

They were more innocent. The women also more feminine.

[@israelherrera5144]

lmfao shut up, unpack your internalized misogyny

[@jeffheyer7783]

No it was definitely better.. People don’t always have an opinion about something they didn’t know about.

[@israelherrera5144]

@@jeffheyer7783 no

[@lilyhomma6965]

Sir, allow me to offer my sincerest apologies on behalf of all modern women, monolithic in their lost innocence, lack of femininity, and most uncouth manner of behavior. We should, indeed, collectively bow our heads, lower our gaze, faint delicately at any mention of sex or vulgarity, and swallow our wicked, *wicked* tongues, which have the loathsome habit of voicing our thoughts - especially those which are contrary to those of the listener or spoken at a decibel and tone above a breathy whisper. 😌

[@marcmolinaro228]

Its so interesting to observe the attitudes and behaviors of people around new technology, especially around the dawn of computers in the workplace. Love these technology / behind the scenes videos David!

[@EmmieTuesday]

I miss the 70s. in the 60s my Mother was in charge of an IBM and training all the staff at a paper mill. She was amazing!

[@phtevenz]

KZbin might be the closest thing we'll have to a time machine. Thank you for this.

[@ladylibrum7145]

This brings me back to middle school in the early 80s.. the fluffy hair and wings, the blouses with metallic threads.

[@ibuprofenPill]

I got my first computer in 1987 when I went to college. It was a Mac Classic 2MB RAM, a 20MB Rodime external hard drive and a HP DeskWriter printer. The entire setup was $3200. I paid for $2000 of it myself and my folks kicked in the rest. What I remember the most is how noisy it was, especially when my roommate had his booted at the same time in that cinderblock dorm room. No worries, most of the time I was listening to tapes on my Sony Walkman anyway! The video was very interesting and quite prescient. Even back then people had a good idea of where things were heading. I remember seeing the internet for the first time at college, pre-http. IOW: before web browsers. The university provided me with a free dial-up SLIP link. When I graduated and came home, I remember having to call around to a dozen places looking for someone to sell me internet access through their modem bank. This was 1991, and the only places you could find people willing to do that were usually small, independent computer stores. My how far we’ve come, and I’ve often said I was born 10 years too late.

[@oliverseoliverse]

The work day, the grind, adjusting to change... So familiar. As people have said for years, There is nothing new under the sun! This could literally have been shot in the workplace today with little social difference lol.

[@ezestudiosvegas]

Thanks for sharing. A glimpse into the Past or Future? Most of these job positions are gone now. I’ve been in tech since ‘86. Loved being on the cutting edge. Now question the core motivations.

[@techiediva2011]

I was a high school senior in 1979. My first job after I graduated was in working with a computer terminal that was used to access documents. I was told that paper would go away and we would be a “paperless “ society. Still waiting for paperless! 😂

[@PHlophe]

Belinda, I bet back then when they said we'd go paperless you thought *The lies you tell* .ha ha ha

[@csilvermyst]

It is paperless in my workplace. Much of society hasn't transitioned over yet.

[@annastarr2043]

Im 62 & it is mostly paperless where are you living?

[@douglasdixon524]

I was told by all of my teachers in the 1980s that we would be paperless by the year 2000. It was this "magical" year that no one could really comprehend at that time.

[@csilvermyst]

"culture eats strategy for breakfast" Until we realize this, we are gonna be doing thing harder, longer, and slower.

[@zmeil]

Is it just me again, but these films always leave me with a sense of mystery, comfort and reunion... It is noble, purifying, and my personality is one of a stubborn almost 50-year old man in East Europe... I work on a computer a whole day long, I deal with cables, I am the IT guru for my internship students... And, at the end of a day like this, I go outside the city, sit on a bench, rumble in the sand and earth beneath my feet and watch these video films, just to find myself being the romantic boy I once was, as if I still live before!

[@DavidHoffmanFilmmaker]

Beautifully said Wisdom. Thank you David Hoffman filmmaker

[@zmeil]

@@DavidHoffmanFilmmaker Thank you for your answer, David! And for the warmhearted films, God be with you! 🌱🌾 Stefan Tsarev, IT and COS Programmer from Sofia, Bulgaria

[@TheSorcererAhrimanahsul]

AH the days when individuality and free thinker's were embraced. Instead of the herd mentality that we seem to be sinking into. I genuinely enjoy ALL your videos, but this one is My favorite so far. Love the way you capture diversity and present it in a nonlinear non-Spindoctor fashion! Not afraid to watch your videos and not have to worry about which direction your intending to focus My attention. Nothing but memory and deep thinking, Well Done Sir.

[@jentleil2183]

Love the first lady with the glasses. Great facial expressions - those eye rolls! She's fun!

[@randomvintagefilm273]

Did you hear that female boss say "what are you doing" to that young girl when she was explaining. God, I'm so glad I don't work in an office anymore!!

[@VanillaEarth744]

Please don't take Gods name in vain like it says not to in the Bible. God Bless you and your loved ones and REMEMBER JESUS LOVES YOU GUYS TOO, EVERYONE ☝️🙏✝️

[@jessykapop]

@@VanillaEarth744 oh Jesus Christ hell!!

[@SmokesOnMe]

@@VanillaEarth744 Christ on the cross! monitor your own language!

[@VanillaEarth744]

@@SmokesOnMe i am! That's why I said what i said

[@politecat4236]

@@VanillaEarth744 God Bless you for spreading the Truth

[@KathyAZ]

In 1979, we so wished we had a "word processor" to type and edit the sometimes 200 page county planning reports we prepared. Instead, we used white-out liquid and white tape to edit our pages. The writers even got proficient at fitting the correct # of characters in the edits so that an entire page or chapter won't have to be retyped on our IBM Selectric! My next job had a modern system and was very fun to learn, at a huge credit card company. Fun times but I definitely prefer our current computers & devices... 📱 🖥

[@josephdockemeyer6782]

Remember carbon copies that were sometimes four pages deep with each page a different color? Then there was the WhiteOut that came in different colors - just in case. Oh, the nightmares...

[@DavidHoffmanFilmmaker]

Joseph. Carbon copies. I haven't heard that phrase in 30 years. Thank you. David Hoffman

[@KathyAZ]

@@DavidHoffmanFilmmaker Carbon paper!! (not carbonated forms)

[@kathyingram3061]

~Yes, White-Out was awful, but the Selectric 2 Corrector typewriter was pure bliss when it came out!!!~

[@adifferentangle7064]

My father purchased an accounting firm sometime around 1990. I can remember the first accounting firm he worked for, and the "old office" - the firm he took over and modernised. He spent, effectively, more than a years wages putting in a computer system in that office - five PCs, a server and a printer. The server lived in its own room and made a horrendous noise, never being turned off until it was put out of service in the early 00's. The monitors would have to be replaced every couple of years because the screens would "burn" and usually would end up with a Windows logo permanently embedded on them.😆 Today, that man who as a young entrepreneur invested heavily into modernisation, has a completely paperless business. He works from home, no longer in an office, and determines his own hours - ensuring he does not become a slave to his business as he once was. Much of the secretarial work in his business is now specifically getting rid of paperwork, ensuring the physical footprint of paper is at absolute minimum. I loved visiting his office as a kid. It was a place of wonderment . And today, although the entire footprint of his office is barely larger than a desk, that is still a place of wonderment. A server sits quietly behind the monitors. There are more monitors on one single desk than there were in the entire office. The efficiency is awe inspiring, yet most people will not ever be able to appreciate the thirty years of trial it has taken to get there.

[@zwarst]

Every clip each was profound

[@tamarrajames3590]

A great look into how people were thinking in that short time when the world stood on the brink of the computer age. Thanks David.🖤🇨🇦

[@tamarrajames3590]

@@johnpatrick2292 Hi yourself.🖤🇨🇦

[@tamarrajames3590]

@@johnpatrick2292 Not too badly, waiting for gardening time to arrive and Covid-19 to have done with it and lockdowns to end.🖤🇨🇦

[@philmessina476]

I was in elementary school in the early 1980s in San Mateo, California, on the Peninsula, near the future Silicon Valley. We only saw computers on some movies like War Games with Mathew Broderick. It seemed like only rich people had computers. We were working class. By the late 1980s, we had a computers class in middle school with rudimentary graphics and programming. By high school in the early 1990s, we had some classes, which taught us rudimentary data entry skills. By the early 1990s, computers were still rare in our working class experience in the Bay Area/Silicon Valley. In 1991, Nirvana was promoting their famous punk/rock album, Nevermind. Music artists didn't have websites or "online presence" yet. But things like ""America Online (AOL)" and "the World Wide Web" were being reported by people like Kurt Loder on MTV News, which we were into as teenagers and young adults. By the early 1990s, even us working class folks started getting computers. We used floppy disks to transport files, mostly word processing. Computers became more ubiquitous. But they seemed to have little utility for working class families, who do not have professional type jobs with the need for a lot of spreadsheets and word documents and whatnot. Eventually, there was the promise of printing photos from home. But that never really seemed to pan out. Computers became like overpriced electric typewriters for families, who could afford such status symbols, who wanted their kids to have the latest technologies. That way there would, ostensibly, be no excuse for bad grades or whatever. We saw computers and such at work, even in warehouse grunt jobs. But by the mid-1990s, we saw social media become an attraction for non-professional types. Circa mid-to-late 1990s, I worked in a warehouse in San Carlos (Silicon Valley), where I saw my fellow warehouse grunt workers become mesmerized by social media. It seemed to begin with internet chat rooms. It became all the rage for many to chat with complete strangers online. I began "surfing the internet" for everything I was ever curious about, mostly music, philosophy, and history, especially the history of past struggles for human freedom and liberation. Personally, since I was a kid, being inspired by people like Dr. Martin Luther King, Cesar Chavez, and Malcolm X, the Black Panthers, the Brown Berets, et al., it seemed there had always been this eternal struggle between good and evil. So, I was attracted by Nietzsche's book, Beyond Good and Evil. With the rise of computing, weak AI, strong AI, algorithms of oppression, the digital surveillance state, and the likely weaponization of the flu season for social control and manipulation, it seems that struggle between good and evil continues. Unfortunately, it seems there are less sincere, honest, or courageous people around. When I was a kid in the 1980s, especially in the Bay Area, it seems so many of my teachers were influenced by the ideals and morals of the 1960s counter-culture and social justice movements, that many of us thought evil had almost been vanquished. But behind President Reagan's smile, we learned, was ill will, anti-labor policies, union-busting, and toxic elitism and class warfare from above. Then came neoliberalism from the corporate Democrats, starting with Clinton and continuing with Obama. Now, we see a battle between good and evil in the struggles for freedom of speech and against censorship on the major social media platforms. "Convenience is the enemy", ---Deee-Lite, "I Had a Dream I Was Falling Through a Hole in the Ozone Layer" Solidarity. Equanimity.

[@kkittycatkat1990]

Amazing words that I see as factual as I believe we must be the same age. Everything by the date is exactly my experience however I was in small town Canada. Very poignant articulation of everything. That was a joy to read and yet is also very...sad. Where do we go from here. I always felt as a child that something big was going to happen. It seemed it had been too long between major hardships. The wars and market crashes didn't seem to fit what I was anticipating, it was this. This, meaning the whole world under the thumb of mass propaganda and agendas that too many people are blind to. The success of brainwashing is astonishing and I'm beyond disappointed in those whom I held in such high regard for falling prey to it all. I am astonished that anyone truly believes the government wants to do us favors and is looking out for us. The fact so many believe this and the fact they have not learned from history is terrifying, yet right on schedule. I try to prepare for what will come because my dark premonition as a child (or perhaps I was picking up clues) has not come to fruition yet. I shudder to think of the trials and heartbreak coming at us. Well, I guess that's all I can say. I felt compelled to reply. Stay safe. Stay truly informed and be prepared.

[@larahporter8123]

This is pure gold!!! Thank you for retaining these memories.

[@roddygelabale816]

I'm watching from the Island of St. Martin. I was about a year old when this was shot. The computer scientist in this video knew exactly what he was talking about. Thanks for always sharing Mr. David Hoffman.

[@DavidHoffmanFilmmaker]

I once vacationed there, on the French side. Very beautiful. David Hoffman Filmmaker

[@roddygelabale816]

@@DavidHoffmanFilmmaker Aaaaah ok, nice. I live on the French Side. Hope you got to shoot some videos while on the island.

[@fp5495]

I remember 1979. I was six, but I remember it being a big deal that it was gonna be 1980 like somehow, things were magically going to transform on January 1st, 1980. Thinking about it, they kind of did. The computer age moved quite briskly in the next few years. The world brushed off the past pretty quickly.

[@suf2620]

This was incredible to watch. Thank you so much for sharing!

[@kyla3635]

Love seeing our nation's history through the men and women in the workplace.

[@M_SC]

I had to calm my modern brain down a lot to listen to their slow speech! But I’m so glad I did. Thoughtful people.

[@triscuithebiscuit]

As a teenager, I wish people still talked like that today. It seems like everything is going by too quickly and people aren't deliberate with their words or what they say.

[@dbentleyto95]

Yes, I was trying to put my finger on why it was so easy to listen to these people speak. I find myself getting so agitated at the clipped fast speech if today. I am never sure if they are trying to keep up with their brain's speed or if they are just spitting out words to fill the void at the moment.

[@ladylibrum7145]

Yes I think technology has changed how our brains work, where they seem to work quickly but less deeply. I remember how easy it was to read paragraphs out of a novel without getting impatient and distracted. Focusing and listening seemed easier maybe because there was less stimuli to deal with.. less "information".

[@ladylaurenia]

they do speak slower! didn't notice until I read this comments.

[@yosifmetodiev3834]

It's called "thinking before opening your mouth".

[@thelivingdead1728]

One day these films will be so valuable.

[@DavidHoffmanFilmmaker]

I hope that you are correct. David Hoffman filmmaker

[@skurlandaficionado]

In my opinion, they’re valuable now! Just so interesting and thought-provoking. 42 years is not a long time in the “big picture”; however, this seems to be 422 years ago in terms of how far IT (literally) has advanced since 1979, which is equally a good and bad thing for a myriad of reasons. Always fascinating and a real treat watching your time travel videos, @David Hoffman. Thank you!

[@studzmalone2550]

Shawn Kurland Exactly

[@ocmetals4675]

Thank you so much for the work you've done. You've captured moments in time and shared them with those of us who weren't alive yet and future generations will see it too. Thank you.

[@scottyPsychotty]

These clips are a glorious time capsule! Thank you for sharing them!

[@charliesays7686]

I love your content. Thanks for sharing it all with us

[@TheFallenLords]

man, a lot of oddly accurate summations as to what will happen the future especially in terms of privacy, electronic mail, and a few others... rather spot on.

[@dwade6322]

Im 47,these seemingly "throw away clips" are very telling of how office jobs were back in 1979. Great pieces of film here! I can remember in 1980 my science book said "By the year 2000 we will have people living on the moon" it even had drawings of what that would look like!

[@hadawson72268]

My dad worked with one of the earliest computers. It took up a whole room & was so loud ... he used to use that white and green striped paper.... I remember going to his work.. this is amazing.. I remember those pink phone message forms too I used them at my first job!

[@tylerm0089]

wow, sir, this is rather amazing. Interesting how relevant this video is at this very moment. I hope you have more content like this with moral and ethical debates being filmed. Wonderful content as usual.

[@beckywaytoomuch]

Thank you so much for sharing these films! You're really doing important work here and making it accessible to the world. Videos like this help contextualize todays "world." Just thank you :)

[@whittakerdanielj]

This is rather insightful. Thank you for placing it together.

[@TitianTopsyTurvy]

Wow! David your documentary "outtakes" are amazing. Thank you so much for sharing these incredible views from the past into the future, how prophetic they are!

[@snokzor]

very insightful. especially also the concern even back then about privacy and information on individuals. very relevant today! thanks, David! especially what I needed after a hard day at work working on, accidentally, database technology integration

[@artbasss]

Great piece of history, Mr. Hoffman. Imagining how advanced our technology will be in 42 years is a bit scary. Everything will operate from a "cloud" and we won't even need devices anymore, just some tiniest receiver most probably implanted in our bodies. Everything will be super HD, 3D, full immersion, holographic, insane computing power, robots will be as mundane as any smartphone today etc.

[@rafaeldelgado4985]

Is that the life you want?

[@artbasss]

@@rafaeldelgado4985 it doesn't matter if I want it or not because it is inevitable.

[@DanburyDK]

Thank you so much for sharing this. I really enjoyed it 💖

[@notabadcookie]

I love your work, thank you so much for digging this up and presenting it to us!

[@AGemFromJax]

As an anthropology and culture lover, this is everything. Thank you for this piece of history. New subscriber here !

[@DavidHoffmanFilmmaker]

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[@diane9247]

I love the end, Galbraith raising his arms and, "Okay, all finished?" Very interesting to see these beginning days of the Information Monster.

[@dadedowuh]

I am a boat builder and Carpenter that was 11 in 1979. Excellent work. It's pure joy to watch your videos. Thank you. Priceless

[@matteli539]

I get so excited when I get a new video notification from your channel. Always good stuff. Love it.

[@tonyfffuuu]

There's such a sparkle in their eyes and a level of comprehensiveness that you just don't see anymore in people these days

[@Kirsten_is_cursed10]

Maybe people “these days” don’t want to interact with you because THAT is your attitude about them...

[@tonyfffuuu]

@@Kirsten_is_cursed10 who said anything about people not wanting to interact with me? i'm admiring those from a past era and you obviously took offense from something that had nothing to do with you

[@mpalmer7800]

Sir Hoffman can you find these ppl in this documentary? This first black female is very charismatic and still current n vivacious.. I love the way these females were charming n spoke well and even tempered in comparison to us today.. I wish I could go back to live in those days.

[@jessyka9823]

I love the videos you make so, so, so much. You've really done a service for humanity.

[@rcbridgex]

Such an awesome glimpse into the past. Thank you so much for uploading these types of videos!

[@eden12340]

Sitting here watching this on a smartphone contemplating sharing it on a decentralized social network over the Internet.

[@ccsutherland4621]

The young black girl in the video was gave off fun/cool vibes. Shes someone I’d find myself hanging out with at work & bitching about our “forms” with😅

[@Felix-M.]

I think She is a Fox ... Flirtatious Eyes Bubbly Responses in tone And her Body Language was Friendly and Sexy ..... Enter into the thoughts of a Man 💯

[@csilvermyst]

Her face at 5:49 was when I fell in love.

[@actualbeau]

@@Felix-M. 🙃 how creepy of you

[@Felix-M.]

@@actualbeau 🤣🤣🤣 No need for me to Creep any where ... They'll see me as I approach if I choose . You're funny tho, I caught the message .

[@D.A.-Espada]

@@actualbeau What was creepy about it?

[@HilbertSpacersson]

I'm so grateful you shared this. This is super unique and please make sure this is preserved in some way forever!

[@DavidHoffmanFilmmaker]

I don't know how to do that yet. I'm hopeful that a foundation will someday find me and grant me the funds to make my archive part of American history. David Hoffman filmmaker

[@crieverytim]

Thank you David, always first rate, always fascinating, always appreciated 🙏