When I first prepared this particular talk... I realized that my usual approach is usually critical. That is, a lot of the things that I do, that most people do, are because they hate something somebody else has done, or they hate that something hasn't been done. And I realized that informed criticism has completely been done in by the web. Because the web has produced so much uninformed criticism. It's kind of a Gresham's Law-bad money drives the good money out of circulation. Bad criticism drives good criticism out of circulation. You just can't criticize anything.
We cannot predict the future, but we can invent it. - Alan Kay
We cannot predict the future, but we can invent it.
- Alan Kay
Some people worry that artificial intelligence will make us feel inferior, but then, anybody in his right mind should have an inferiority complex eve… - Alan Kay
Some people worry that artificial intelligence will make us feel inferior, but then, anybody in his right mind should have an inferiority complex eve…
If you're not failing 90% of the time, then you're probably not working on sufficiently challenging problems. - Alan Kay
If you're not failing 90% of the time, then you're probably not working on sufficiently challenging problems.
The most disastrous thing that you can ever learn is your first programming language. - Alan Kay
The most disastrous thing that you can ever learn is your first programming language.
Don't worry about what anybody else is going to do. The best way to predict the future is to invent it. - Alan Kay
Don't worry about what anybody else is going to do. The best way to predict the future is to invent it.
The best way to predict the future is to invent it. - Alan Kay
The best way to predict the future is to invent it.
Simple things should be simple and complex things should be possible. - Alan Kay
Simple things should be simple and complex things should be possible.
I made up the term "object-oriented," and I can tell you I did not have C++ in mind. - Alan Kay
I made up the term "object-oriented," and I can tell you I did not have C++ in mind.
It's easier to invent the future than to predict it. - Alan Kay
It's easier to invent the future than to predict it.
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