As in all the arts, a romance with the material must be well under way.
ALAN KAYAs in all the arts, a romance with the material must be well under way.
ALAN KAYKnowledge is silver. Outlook is gold. IQ is a lead weight.
ALAN KAYPerl is another example of filling a tiny, short-term need, and then being a real problem in the longer term.
ALAN KAYUnderstanding- -like civilization, happiness, music, science and a host of other great endeavors–is not a state of being, but a manner of traveling.
ALAN KAYA change in perspective is worth 80 IQ points. Perspective is worth 80 IQ points. Point of view is worth 80 IQ points
ALAN KAYSchool is basically about one point of view – the one the teacher has or the textbooks have.
ALAN KAYTelevision should be the last mass communication medium to be naively designed and put into the world without a surgeon-general’s warning.
ALAN KAYMost creativity is a transition from one context into another where things are more surprising.
ALAN KAYPeople are willing to pay you if you’re any good at all, and you have plenty of time for screwing around.
ALAN KAYBad User on Device is a medium that can dynamically simulate the details of any other medium, including media that cannot exist physically.
ALAN KAYBut 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.
ALAN KAYThis tends to result in very dumbed-down products that are easy to get started on, but are generally worthless and/or debilitating.
ALAN KAYThere’s an element of surprise, and especially in science, there is often laughter that goes along with the “Aha.”
ALAN KAYEvery technology really needs to be shipped with a special manual – not how to use it but why, when, and for what.
ALAN KAYBad criticism drives good criticism out of circulation. You just can’t criticize anything.
ALAN KAYBut once the threshold is reached, then everyone demands to do whatever it is.
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