Alan Kay: “The problem is we don’t understand the problem”
Alan Kay
Computer scientist who developed Smalltalk
Ideas
Computer scientist Alan Kay on how six-year-olds derive discrete differential equations
Computer scientist Alan Kay explains why training wheels don't help you learn to ride a bike
Computer scientist Alan Kay: “the problem with being a beginner is that you get a lot of practice”
Smalltalk creator Alan Kay: “Point of view is worth 80 IQ points”
Smalltalk developer Alan Kay explains why science isn't about truth
Computer scientist Alan Kay explains why cell simulations mislead students
Alan Kay explains why computers have failed in education
Smalltalk creator Alan Kay: “You cannot crash the internet because messages cannot be commands”
Smalltalk creator Alan Kay explains how software could run forever like the internet
Smalltalk creator Alan Kay: “I don't think beginners should ever be shown the library”
Smalltalk creator Alan Kay on why AIDS can spread unnoticed
Computer scientist Alan Kay explains why problem finding is the primary part of making progress
Smalltalk creator Alan Kay explains why type schemes don't scale to billion-node networks
Computer scientist Alan Kay on why data structures and algorithms aren’t the center of computing
Computer scientist Alan Kay explains how Sketchpad solves constraints
Smalltalk creator Alan Kay: “Five-year horizons are necessary in order to get done earlier”
Smalltalk creator Alan Kay: “We can’t learn to see until we admit we’re blind”
Computer scientist Alan Kay: “There doesn’t have to be a compile phase”
Smalltalk creator Alan Kay: “It’s all about messages”
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