When I first prepared this particular talk... I realized that my usual approach is usually critical. That is, a lot of the… — Alan Kay Copy Share Image
Quite a few people have to believe something is normal before it becomes normal - a sort of 'voting' situation. But once… — Alan Kay Copy Share Image
People who are really serious about software should make their own hardware. — Alan Kay Copy Share Image
[Computing] is just a fabulous place for that, because it's a place where you don't have to be a Ph.D. or anything… — Alan Kay Copy Share Image
The Internet was done so well that most people think of it as a natural resource like the Pacific Ocean, rather than… — Alan Kay Copy Share Image
Science requires a society because even people who are trying to be good thinkers love their own thoughts and theories - much… — Alan Kay Copy Share Image
In the old days, you would chastise people for reinventing the wheel. Now we beg, 'Oh, please, please reinvent the wheel.' — Alan Kay Copy Share Image
Some people worry that artificial intelligence will make us feel inferior, but then, anybody in his right mind should have an inferiority… — Alan Kay Copy Share Image
Sun Microsystems had the right people to make Java into a first-class language, and I believe it was the Sun marketing people… — Alan Kay Copy Share Image
In our society we have hard nerds and soft nerds. The hard nerds are the ones who used to have the slide rules at… — Alan Kay Copy Share Image
As far as Apple goes, it was a different company every few years from the time I joined in 1984. — Alan Kay Copy Share Image
When I first prepared this particular talk... I realized that my usual approach is usually critical. That is, a lot of the things that… — Alan Kay Copy Share Image
Quite a few people have to believe something is normal before it becomes normal - a sort of 'voting' situation. But once the threshold… — Alan Kay Copy Share Image
Every technology really needs to be shipped with a special manual - not how to use it but why, when and for what. — Alan Kay Copy Share Image
Java and C++ make you think that the new ideas are like the old ones. Java is the most distressing thing to hit computing… — Alan Kay Copy Share Image
It's hard to change information in books, but if we have everything online, then a somewhat untrustworthy group of people controlling the thing -… — Alan Kay Copy Share Image
The tree of research must be fed from time to time with the blood of bean-counters, for it is its natural manure. — Alan Kay Copy Share Image
People who are really serious about software should make their own hardware. — Alan Kay Copy Share Image
I think the trick with knowledge is to “acquire it, and forget all except the perfume” - because it is noisy and sometimes drowns… — Alan Kay Copy Share Image
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