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

Quote by Alan Kay

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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...

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...

Perspective is worth 80 IQ points.

Perspective is worth 80 IQ points.

Computer programmers do it byte by byte

Computer programmers do it byte by byte

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

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

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 -...

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 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...

Who can afford to do professional work for nothing? What hobbyist can put 3-man years...

Who can afford to do professional work for nothing? What hobbyist can put 3-man years...

Trying to save ecosystems has more to do with changing egosystems.

Trying to save ecosystems has more to do with changing egosystems.

Computers can now keep a man's every transgression recorded in a permanent memory bank, duplicating...

Computers can now keep a man's every transgression recorded in a permanent memory bank, duplicating...

What do you call a computer that can sing? A dell.

What do you call a computer that can sing? A dell.

This is a very exciting time in the world of information. It's not just that...

This is a very exciting time in the world of information. It's not just that...

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...

There are two distinctive classes of people today, those who have personal computers, and those...

There are two distinctive classes of people today, those who have personal computers, and those...

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?

The difference between e-mail and regular mail is that computers handle e-mail, and computers never...

The difference between e-mail and regular mail is that computers handle e-mail, and computers never...

¦ [I] recall thinking that the computer would never advance much further than this. Call...

¦ [I] recall thinking that the computer would never advance much further than this. Call...

Computers shouldn't be unusable. You don't need to know how to work a telephone switch...

Computers shouldn't be unusable. You don't need to know how to work a telephone switch...