@alcinnz yeah I did read your post a while back where you talked about a kind of 'golden age' in the early 2000s, where the hardware was just enough for what was needed. It's interesting to imagine these moments, and how we could sit with them if we could be a little more patient.
I'm doing some work on the development of fiber optic cables at the minute, and it's making me think about how that technology pushed a certain type of hardware and software that couldn't have developed without.