An important technology first creates a problem and then solves it.
ALAN KAYBecause 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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Science requires a society because even people who are trying to be good thinkers love their own thoughts and theories.
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Simple things should be simple and complex things should be possible.
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And I realized that informed criticism has completely been done in by the web.
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When the Mac first came out, Newsweek asked me what I [thought] of it. I said: Well, it’s the first personal computer worth criticizing.
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Any medium powerful enough to extend man’s reach is powerful enough to topple his world.
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As in all the arts, a romance with the material must be well under way.
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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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There’s an element of surprise, and especially in science, there is often laughter that goes along with the “Aha.”
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In a well functioning world, tools and agents are complementary.
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And to the extent that we do not violate any known laws of the universe, we can probably make it work the way that we want to.
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I had the fortune or misfortune to learn how to read fluently starting at the age of three.
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Perspective is worth 80 IQ points.
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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.
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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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I’ve heard complaints from even mighty Stanford University with its illustrious faculty that basically the undergraduate computer science program is little more than Java certification.
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