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An important technology first creates a problem and then solves it.

Alan Kay

Quite a few people have to believe something is normal before it becomes normal – a sort of ‘voting’ situation.
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Before Believe Few Norma People Quite Situation Something Sort Vote
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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Circulation Good Kind Money Out Produce Uniform
Technology is anything that wasn’t around when you were born.
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Anything Around Born Technology
But once the threshold is reached, then everyone demands to do whatever it is.
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Demand Everyone Once Reach Threshold
The best way to predict the future is to invent it.
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Best Future Invent Predict Way
And I realized that informed criticism has completely been done in by the web.
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Been Completely Criticise Done Inform Realize
I made up the term “object-oriented,” and I can tell you I did not have C++ in mind.
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Language Made Mind Object Orient Tell Term
Perspective is worth 80 IQ points.
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Eighty Perspective Point Worth
I hired finishers because I’m a good starter and a poor finisher.
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Finisher Good Hire Poor Starter
Knowledge is silver. Outlook is gold. IQ is a lead weight.
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Gild Knowledge Lead Outlook Silver Weight
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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Change Eighty Perspective Point Worth
I don’t know how many of you have ever met Dijkstra, but you probably know that arrogance in computer science is measured in nano-Dijkstras.
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Arrogance Computer Ever Know Many Measure Met Nanao People Science
That language was Joss, which predated Basic and was beautiful.
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Basic Beautiful Joss Language Predate
Some people worry that artificial intelligence will make us feel inferior, but then, anybody in his right mind should have an inferiority complex every time he looks at a flower.
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Artificial Feel Inferior Intelligence Some People Worry
But Basic happened to be on a GE timesharing system that was done by Dartmouth, and when GE decided to franchise that, it started spreading Basic around just because it was there, not because it had any intrinsic merits whatsoever.
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Around Basic Decide Done Franchise Happen Spread Timeshare
Science requires a society because even people who are trying to be good thinkers love their own thoughts and theories.
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Even Good Love Own People Require Science Society Theory Thinker Thought Try

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