from LSD to the iPhone, We owe it all the hippies by Stewart Brand

from The Way Back Machine

Stewart Brand wrote from TIME magazine way back in 1995

Wednesday, Mar. 01, 1995

WE OWE IT ALL TO THE HIPPIES

By STEWART BRAND

As they followed the mantra ``Turn on, tune in and drop out,'' college students of the '60s also dropped academia's traditional disdain for business. ``Do your own thing'' easily translated into ``Start your own business.'' Reviled by the broader social establishment, hippies found ready acceptance in the world of small business. They brought an honesty and a dedication to service that was attractive to vendors and customers alike. Success in business made them disinclined to ``grow out of'' their countercultural values, and it made a number of them wealthy and powerful at a young age.