What did Alan Kay mean by: I hired finishers because I’m a good starter and a poor finisher. Alan Kay Computer Scientist Copy
+ If you’re utopian, you’re never satisfied. Author, June 12, 2023January 2, 2025, Alan Kay, Contentment, Satisfaction, 0 Alan Kay Computer Scientist
Simple things should be simple and complex things should be possible. Read explanation Author, January 5, 2024January 6, 2025, Alan Kay, Complexity, Possibility, Simplicity, 0 Alan Kay Computer Scientist
+ Artificial intelligence is what we don’t know how to do yet Author, June 20, 2023January 2, 2025, Alan Kay, Innovation, Limitations, Progress, 0 Alan Kay Computer Scientist
+ The best way to predict the future is to invent it. Author, July 8, 2023January 2, 2025, Alan Kay, Creation, Future, Innovation, 0 Alan Kay Computer Scientist
+ Lisp isn’t a language, it’s a building material. Author, September 29, 2023January 2, 2025, Alan Kay, Creativity, Innovation, Programming, 0 Alan Kay Computer Scientist
+ Humans are communications junkies. We just can’t get enough. Author, June 23, 2023January 2, 2025, Alan Kay, Addiction, Communication, Insatiable, 0 Alan Kay Computer Scientist
Any company large enough to have a research lab is too large to listen to it. Author, January 5, 2024January 6, 2025, Alan Kay, Communication, Innovation, Size, 0 Alan Kay Computer Scientist
+ It’s easier to invent the future than to predict it. Author, July 16, 2023January 2, 2025, Alan Kay, Future, Invention, Prediction, 0 Alan Kay Computer Scientist
Mirrors would do well to reflect a little more before sending back images. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
The same vices which are huge and insupportable in others we do not feel in ourselves. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
I never have wit until I am below stairs. [Fr., Je n’ai jamais d’esprit qu’au bas de l’escalier.] Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France