Knowledge is silver. Outlook is gold. IQ is a lead weight.
ALAN KAYKnowledge is silver. Outlook is gold. IQ is a lead weight.
ALAN KAYBut once the threshold is reached, then everyone demands to do whatever it is.
ALAN KAYBad criticism drives good criticism out of circulation. You just can’t criticize anything.
ALAN KAYPossibly the only real object-oriented system in working order. (About Internet)
ALAN KAYIn our society we have hard nerds and soft nerds.
ALAN KAYThe future is not laid out on a track. It is something that we can decide.
ALAN KAYTechnology is anything that wasn’t around when you were born.
ALAN KAYThe result is – document destruction – we’re really not going to be able to prove beyond a truth the negatives and some of the positive conclusions that we’re going to come to.
ALAN KAYThere’s an element of surprise, and especially in science, there is often laughter that goes along with the “Aha.”
ALAN KAYBy the time I got to school, I had already read a couple hundred books.
ALAN KAYJava and C++ make you think that the new ideas are like the old ones.
ALAN KAYMost creativity is a transition from one context into another where things are more surprising.
ALAN KAYThe only way you can predict the future is to build it.
ALAN KAYHumans are communications junkies. We just can’t get enough.
ALAN KAYIn a well functioning world, tools and agents are complementary.
ALAN KAYA new friend is new wine, when it grows old, you will enjoy drinking it.
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