Having an intelligent secretary does not get rid of the need to read, write, and draw, etc.
ALAN KAYArt also has this element. Our job is to remind us that there are more contexts than the one that we’re in – the one that we think is reality.
More Alan Kay Quotes
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Scratch the surface in a typical boardroom and we’re all just cavemen with briefcases, hungry for a wise person to tell us stories.
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In a well functioning world, tools and agents are complementary.
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I realized that my usual approach is usually critical. That is, a lot of the things that I do, that most people do, are because they hate something somebody else has done, or they hate that something hasn’t been done.
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Science requires a society because even people who are trying to be good thinkers love their own thoughts and theories.
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Because the web has produced so much uninformed criticism. It’s kind of a Gresham’s Law-bad money drives the good money out of circulation.
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Art also has this element. Our job is to remind us that there are more contexts than the one that we’re in – the one that we think is reality.
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Don’t worry about what anybody else is going to do. The best way to predict the future is to invent it.
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The Web, in comparison, is a joke. The Web was done by amateurs.
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A change in perspective is worth 80 IQ points. Perspective is worth 80 IQ points. Point of view is worth 80 IQ points
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The only way you can predict the future is to build it.
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I made up the term “object-oriented,” and I can tell you I did not have C++ in mind.
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School is basically about one point of view – the one the teacher has or the textbooks have.
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There’s an element of surprise, and especially in science, there is often laughter that goes along with the “Aha.”
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A computer scientist is a machine for converting coffee into urine.
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Perspective is worth 80 IQ points.
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