Grace Hopper on Data, Hardware, Software and People (1982)

National Security Agency · Lecture · YouTube title: Capt. Grace Hopper on Future Possibilities: Data, Hardware, Software, and People (Part One, 1982)

Why it's here

HN enjoys it as a funny, quotable lecture from a bygone era, with lines about horizontal scaling and change that still resonate.

What it covers

Part one of Capt. Grace Hopper's 1982 NSA lecture on the future of data, hardware, software and people. It includes her humor, her nanosecond demonstration and views on scaling and resisting old ways of doing things.