And as soon as any object exhibits sufficient cognitive function, those instincts kick in and we react as though we were interacting with another sentient human being.
ALAN COOPERI’m an ‘evolve or die’ kind of a musician. I think it’s cool to try new things.
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We seem to be keeping old fans and are bringing on new fans that are teenagers. I think that is amazing.
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To scenes by memory’s silver chain Close-linked, and ever yet apart, That like the vine, whose tendrils young Around some fostering branch have clung, Grown with its growth, as tho’ it sprung From one united heart.
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One of the most heinous, insidious lies is the notion that you have to be an asshole to be a successful business person.
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In turn, we will be tempted to kill our computers, but we won’t dare because we are already utterly, irreversibly dependent on these hopeful monsters that make modern life possible.
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A powerful tool in the early stages of developing scenarios is to pretend the interface is magic.
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We don’t fight about music. We don’t fight about artistic direction.
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If you are not going to produce albums then you are not going to produce new fans. It’s impossible.
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You can get spiritual things out of books and stories and they have nothing to do with religion.
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There’s only one thing you can use against pure logic, and that’s common sense.
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Well madam, have you looked in the mirror and seen the state of your nose? Boxing is my excuse. What’s yours?
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Run for your lives-the computers are invading. Awesomely powerful computers tackling ever more important tasks with awkward, old-fashioned interfaces.
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Design principle: Take things away until the design breaks, then put that last thing back in.
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In other words, humans have special instincts that tell them how to behave around other sentient beings.
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Because computers have memories, we imagine that they must be something like our human memories, but that is simply not true.
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Keep it simple: In general, interfaces should use simple geometric forms, minimal contours, and a restricted color palette comprised primarily of less-saturated or neutral colors balanced with a few high contrast accent colors that emphasize important information.
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