Having an intelligent secretary does not get rid of the need to read, write, and draw, etc. In a well functioning world, tools and agents are complementary. Alan Kay agentcomplementarydraw Change image and share on social
There is the desire of a consumer society to have no learning curves. This tends to result in very dumbed-down products that are easy to get started on, but are generally worthless and/or debilitating. Alan Kay consumercurvedebilitate share on social
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. Alan Kay demandnormalpeople Change image and share on social
As far as Apple goes, it was a different company every few years from the time I joined in 1984. Alan Kay applecompanyjoin Change image and share on social
The protean nature of the computer is such that it can act like a machine or like a language to be shaped and exploited. Alan Kay actcomputerexploit Change image and share on social
Most software today is very much like an Egyptian pyramid with millions of bricks piled on top of each other, with no structural integrity, but just done by brute force and thousands of slaves. Alan Kay brickbruteegyptian Change image and share on social
All the companies I've worked for have this deep problem of devolving to something like the hunting and gathering cultures of 100,000 years ago. If businesses could find a way to invent 'agriculture,' we could put the world back together and all would prosper. Alan Kay 000agoagriculture share on social
