Simple things should be simple and complex things should be possible.
ALAN KAYIt is not a tool, although it can act like many tools. It is the first metamedium, and as such it has degrees of freedom for representation and expression never before encountered and as yet barely investigated.
More Alan Kay Quotes
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The future is not laid out on a track. It is something that we can decide.
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The Web, in comparison, is a joke. The Web was done by amateurs.
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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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Having an intelligent secretary does not get rid of the need to read, write, and draw, etc.
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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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As in all the arts, a romance with the material must be well under way.
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Possibly the only real object-oriented system in working order. (About Internet)
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Of course I would pipe up with my five-year-old voice.
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In computers, every ‘new explosion’ was set off by a software product that allowed users to program differently.
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Knowledge is silver. Outlook is gold. IQ is a lead weight.
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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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Quite a few people have to believe something is normal before it becomes normal – a sort of ‘voting’ situation.
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When was the last time a technology with a scale like that was so error-free?
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An important technology first creates a problem and then solves it.
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If we value the lifelong learning of arts and letters as a springboard for personal and societal growth, should any less effort be spent to make computing a part of our lives?
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