Quite a few people have to believe something is normal before it becomes normal - a sort of 'voting' situation. But once the threshold is reached, then everyone demands to do whatever it is.

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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...

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

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

Computer programmers do it byte by byte

Computer programmers do it byte by byte

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...

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...

Perspective is worth 80 IQ points.

Perspective is worth 80 IQ points.

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...

It [the computer] is the first metamedium, and as such it has degrees of freedom...

It [the computer] is the first metamedium, and as such it has degrees of freedom...

Man is the best computer we can put aboard a spacecraft, and the only one...

Man is the best computer we can put aboard a spacecraft, and the only one...

What do we want our kids to do? Sweep up around Japanese computers?

What do we want our kids to do? Sweep up around Japanese computers?

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...

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,...

The organization man is dead. He thrived when smokestack America thrived. When airlines, banks and...

The organization man is dead. He thrived when smokestack America thrived. When airlines, banks and...

I've said some stupid things and some wrong things, but not that. No one involved...

I've said some stupid things and some wrong things, but not that. No one involved...

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...

Computers are useless. They can only give you answers.

Computers are useless. They can only give you answers.

After a day spent staring at a computer monitor, think of (a) book as a...

After a day spent staring at a computer monitor, think of (a) book as a...

The computer programmer is a creator of universes for which he alone is responsible. Universes...

The computer programmer is a creator of universes for which he alone is responsible. Universes...

I don't think there's anything unique about human intelligence. All the neurons in the brain...

I don't think there's anything unique about human intelligence. All the neurons in the brain...