It [the computer] is the first metamedium, and as such it has degrees of freedom for representation and expression never before encountered and as yet barely investigated.

Quote by Alan Kay

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Perspective is worth 80 IQ points.

Perspective is worth 80 IQ points.

People who are really serious about software should make their own hardware.

People who are really serious about software should make their own hardware.

The best way to predict the future is to invent it.

The best way to predict the future is to invent it.

The protean nature of the computer is such that it can act like a machine...

The protean nature of the computer is such that it can act like a machine...

Some people worry that artificial intelligence will make us feel inferior, but then, anybody in...

Some people worry that artificial intelligence will make us feel inferior, but then, anybody in...

Some people worry that artificial intelligence will make us feel inferior, but then, anybody in...

Some people worry that artificial intelligence will make us feel inferior, but then, anybody in...

Computer programmers do it byte by byte

Computer programmers do it byte by byte

Quite a few people have to believe something is normal before it becomes normal -...

Quite a few people have to believe something is normal before it becomes normal -...

It (the computer) is a medium that can dynamically simulate the details of any other...

It (the computer) is a medium that can dynamically simulate the details of any other...

I wish people would turn off their computers, go outside, talk to people, touch people,...

I wish people would turn off their computers, go outside, talk to people, touch people,...

Man is still the most extraordinary computer of all.

Man is still the most extraordinary computer of all.

Never trust a computer which you cannot lift

Never trust a computer which you cannot lift

Think? Why think! We have computers to do that for us.

Think? Why think! We have computers to do that for us.

The danger from computers is not that they will eventually get as smart as men,...

The danger from computers is not that they will eventually get as smart as men,...

I am not the only person who uses his computer mainly for the purpose of...

I am not the only person who uses his computer mainly for the purpose of...

They have computers, and they may have other weapons of mass destruction.

They have computers, and they may have other weapons of mass destruction.

All computers wait at the same speed

All computers wait at the same speed

The question of whether computers can think is like the question of whether submarines can...

The question of whether computers can think is like the question of whether submarines can...

Computers are magnificent tools for the realization of our dreams, but no machine can replace...

Computers are magnificent tools for the realization of our dreams, but no machine can replace...

There's an old story about the person who wished his computer was as easy to...

There's an old story about the person who wished his computer was as easy to...