25 years ago today, December 26th, Time Magazine which announces an annual Man of the year issue (later called Person of the year) that doesn’t feature anyone. Time decides to announce the Machine of the year and the home personal computer to be the most important feature of 1982.

Source: Time Magazine archives

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