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Having an intelligent secretary does not get rid of the need to read, write, and draw, etc. In a well functioning world, tools and agents are complementary.

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Alan Kay
Age: 84
Born: 1940
Born: May 17
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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.
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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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