The Friendly Orange Glow: The Untold Story of the Plato System and the Dawn of Cyberculture (Hardcover, Deckle Edge)

Preface ix
 
Part I THE AUTOMATIC TEACHER
1. Praeceptor Ex Machina 3
2. An Educational Emergency 24
3. The Super-Achiever 43
4. The Diagram 59
5. Soldering Irons, Not Switchblades 75
6. Gas and Glass 92
7. Two’s a Crowd 112
8. Knocking on the Same Doors 134
9. A Fork in the Road 150
10. Lessons Learned 167
 
Part II THE FUN THEY HAD
11. Impeachment 195
12. The New Wave 212
13. The Big Board 225
14. The Killer App 242
15. Empire 261
16. Into the Dungeon 286
17. The Zoo 306
18. Red Sweater 321
19. The Supreme Being and the Master of Reality 344
20. Climbing the Ziggurat 362
21. Coming of Age 377
 
Part III GETTING TO SCALE
22. The Business Opportunity 399
23. The Whim of Iron 435
24. Diaspora 456
25. The Crash Pit 465
26. A Changing of the Guard 486
27. Leaving the Nest 499
Epilogue 517
 
Acknowledgments 525
Interview and Oral History Sources 533
Bibliography 543
Source Notes 557
Index 581