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Simple things should be simple and complex things should be possible.

Alan Kay

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Alan Kay
Age: 84
Born: 1940
Born: May 17
Computer Scientist
Jazz Guitarist
Jazz Musician
Programmer
University Teacher
Springfield
Massachusetts
Alan Curtis Kay
Alan C. Kay
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Any medium powerful enough to extend man's reach is powerful enough to topple his world.
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Every technology really needs to be shipped with a special manual - not how to use it but why, when, and for what.
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Science requires a society because even people who are trying to be good thinkers love their own thoughts and theories - much of the debugging has to be done by others.
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As far as Apple goes, it was a different company every few years from the time I joined in 1984.
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Knowledge is silver. Outlook is gold. IQ is a lead weight.
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Technology is anything invented after you were born, everything else is just stuff.
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Humans are communications junkies. We just can't get enough.
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The real romance is out ahead and yet to come. The computer revolution hasn't started yet.
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I hired finishers because I'm a good starter and a poor finisher.
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Change is easy, except for the changed part.
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Understanding- -like civilization, happiness, music, science and a host of other great endeavors--is not a state of being, but a manner of traveling. This great road has no final destination. The journey itself is the reward.
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