I was born in '67, and the bit about the “important stuff” rings true.
In junior high, we had a computer lab full of Tandys and one Apple II. Most of us kind of had the view that computers would be useful products, but a only a very narrow set of people really had a handle on the potential until internet and email came around. Then, the 90s dot.com boom, when everybody could see it, and many people ruined themselves trying to be a part of it (sort of like the gold rush era).
