It 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.
ALAN KAYThere’s an element of surprise, and especially in science, there is often laughter that goes along with the “Aha.”
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If you’re not failing 90% of the time, then you’re probably not working on sufficiently challenging problems.
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They don’t like the idea of having different points of view.
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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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Artificial intelligence is what we don’t know how to do yet
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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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And I realized that informed criticism has completely been done in by the web.
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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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Knowledge is silver. Outlook is gold. IQ is a lead weight.
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That language was Joss, which predated Basic and was beautiful.
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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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The real romance is out ahead and yet to come. The computer revolution hasn’t started yet.
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The tree of research must be fed from time to time with the blood of bean-counters, for it is its natural manure.
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When I first prepared this particular talk…
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They don’t like the idea of having different points of view, so it was a battle.
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