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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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Alan Kay
Age: 84
Born: 1940
Born: May 17
Computer Scientist
Jazz Guitarist
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Springfield
Massachusetts
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Don't worry about what anybody else is going to do. The best way to predict the future is to invent it.
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The biggest problem we have as human beings is that we confuse our beliefs with reality.
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