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> '90s techno-optimism

Yep: It's a cheap tiny factory you control that's big enough for your unique priorities! Every person would own the means of production!

I don't think the assumption was that everyone would write software, but that they'd at least they'd choose in a way that favored future independence of choice. It's depressing to see the arc from "tool that grants autonomy" to "tool for delivery of product from megacorp."