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The only way you can predict the future is to build it.

Alan Kay

The Internet was done so well that most people think of it as a natural resource like the Pacific Ocean, rather than something that was man-made.
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Internet Man Made Most Natural Ocean Pacific People Resource Something Think
Technology is anything invented after you were born, everything else is just stuff.
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After Anything Born Invent Technology
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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Extent Known Probably Universe Violate Way
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
It’s easier to invent the future than to predict it.
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Easier Future Invent Predict
As in all the arts, a romance with the material must be well under way.
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All Art Material Must Romance Way Well
When I first prepared this particular talk…
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First Particular Prepare Talk
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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Growth Learn Letter Makem Live Personal Societal Spent Springboard Value
So at the end of the presentation, Steve came up to me and said: Is the iPhone worth criticizing? And I said: Make the screen five inches by eight inches, and you’ll rule the world.
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Eight End Five Inch iPhone Presentation ule World
Basic would never have surfaced because there was always a language better than Basic for that purpose.
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Always Basic Better Language Purpose Surface
Don’t worry about what anybody else is going to do. The best way to predict the future is to invent it.
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Anybody Do Else Is Do What Worry
Yazılım konusunda iddialı insanlar kendi donanımlarını yapmalılar.
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Country Donanimlarini People Person
Much of the debugging has to be done by others.
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Debugging Done Much Other
I fear – as far as I can tell – that most undergraduate degrees in computer science these days are basically Java vocational training.
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Basically Computer Degree Far Fear Java Most Science Tell Training Undergraduate Vocational
The real romance is out ahead and yet to come. The computer revolution hasn’t started yet.
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Ahead Come Out Real Romance Yet
People are willing to pay you if you’re any good at all, and you have plenty of time for screwing around.
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Anything Else Fabulous People Place Where Will

The only way you can predict the future is to build it.

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