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Knowledge is silver. Outlook is gold. IQ is a lead weight.

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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The only way you can predict the future is to build it.
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The best way to predict the future is to invent it.
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