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[[https://medium.com/backchannel/a-spreadsheet-way-of-knowledge-8de60af7146e][Here is a (long) but good article from 1984 about the origin of
spreadsheet software]]. The article does not only mention the story of
the first spreadsheet program [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visicalc][VisiCalc]] but also the danger of
simplification and abstraction.

Read the article and learn how a tool shaped us in our daily business
and our rationale.