But if so, that puts the entire history of the personal computer within the Era of Collapse.... All people had before then was television, which is a decidedly mixed blessing.
Speaking of computers, it's notable that they have two contradictory effects on collapsism. On the one hand, the fact that a collapse to hunting and gathering would mean no semiconductor technology is perhaps the best reason to resist such collapse civilization can offer. On the other hand, without widespread PCs and the Internet, entities like Anthropik and the Archdruid would not have their soapboxes.

