The Whole Earth Catalog
Mentioned once across 1 show · first heard Apr 2026 on The Ezra Klein Show.
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…steve jobs describing the whole earth catalog as inspiration and early internet
“When I was young, there was an amazing publication called the Whole Earth Catalog, which was one of the Bibles of my generation. It was created by a fellow named Stewart Brand, not far from here in Menlo Park, and he brought it to life with his poetic touch. This was in the late 60s, before personal computers and desktop publishing, so it was all made with typewriters, scissors, and Polaroid cameras. It was sort of like Google in paperback form 35 years before Google came along.”
The Ezra Klein Show — Stewart Brand, Silicon Valley’s Favorite Prophet, on Life’s Most Important Principleat 02:27
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