In actuality, this is fascinating! A spreadsheet from a time when dates were referenced by the conclusions of major events. Wonder if someone got back paid for their ancestors' work developing excel though 😉
Excel started development thousands of years ago
https://www.datafix.com.au/BASHing/2020-08-12.html
4 Comments
OuterRem@lemmy.ml · 6 pts · 1y
I honestly think that some systems of organization are hard-wired into us, and therefore inevitable. The table or spreadsheet is a perfect example of this.
Volkditty@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
Pivot tables are what separate us from the ape.
QuarterSwede@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
More than likely it’s because once you start to need to keep track of many things and what their calculations are you need a way to organize them. This is the outcome. Pretty cool.
davel@lemmy.ml · 5 pts · 1y
I usually trace it back to VisiCalc.