Occupation: Computer Scientist Birth: May 17, 1940
By the time I got to school, I had already read a couple hundred books. I knew in the first grade that they were lying to me because I had already be….
When the Mac first came out, Newsweek asked me what I [thought] of it. I said: Well, it's the first personal computer worth criticizing. So at the en….
Change is easy, except for the changed part..
Lisp isn't a language, it's a building material..
[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 else. It's a place where you can s….
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. Whe….
Understanding- -like civilization, happiness, music, science and a host of other great endeavors--is not a state of being, but a manner of traveling.….
A change in perspective is worth 80 IQ points. Perspective is worth 80 IQ points. Point of view is worth 80 IQ points.
Perspective is worth 80 IQ points..
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An important technology first creates a problem and then solves it..
I think the trick with knowledge is to “acquire it, and forget all except the perfume” - because it is noisy and sometimes drowns out one's own “brai….
Bad User on Device is a medium that can dynamically simulate the details of any other medium, including media that cannot exist physically. It is not….
Humans are communications junkies. We just can't get enough..
The real romance is out ahead and yet to come. The computer revolution hasn't started yet..
Every technology really needs to be shipped with a special manual - not how to use it but why, when, and for what..
There is the desire of a consumer society to have no learning curves. This tends to result in very dumbed-down products that are easy to get started ….
In computers, every 'new explosion' was set off by a software product that allowed users to program differently..
The biggest problem we have as human beings is that we confuse our beliefs with reality..
Any medium powerful enough to extend man's reach is powerful enough to topple his world..
The tree of research must be fed from time to time with the blood of bean-counters, for it is its natural manure..