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
Some people worry that artificial intelligence will make us feel inferior, but then, anybody in his right mind should have an inferiority complex every time he looks at a flower. Alan Kay artificialcomplexfeel Change image and share on social
Technology is anything that wasn't around when you were born. Alan Kay beartechnology 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
If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough. Alan Kay aimfailhigh 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
