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The future is not laid out on a track. It is something that we can decide, and to the extent that we do not violate any known laws of the universe, we can probably make it work the way that we want to.

Alan Kay

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Alan Kay
Age: 84
Born: 1940
Born: May 17
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Springfield
Massachusetts
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