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The biggest problem we have as human beings is that we confuse our beliefs with reality.

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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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Human
Humans
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Beliefs
Biggest
Beings
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Reality

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School is basically about one point of view - the one the teacher has or the textbooks have. They don't like the idea of having different points of view.
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When the Mac first came out, Newsweek asked me what I [thought] of it. I said: Well, it's the first personal computer worth criticizing. So at the end of the presentation, Steve came up to me and said: Is the iPhone worth criticizing? And I said: Make the screen five inches by eight inches, and you'll rule the world.
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