118 Quotes by Alan Kay

"It (the computer) is a medium that can dynamically simulate the details of any other medium, including media that cannot exist physically. It is not a tool, although it can act like many tools."

"The result is – document destruction – we’re really not going to be able to prove beyond a truth the negatives and some of the positive conclusions that we’re going to come to. There will be always unresolved ambiguity here."

"Any medium powerful enough to extend man’s reach is powerful enough to topple his world."

"It’s easier to invent the future than to predict it."

"Every technology really needs to be shipped with a special manual – not how to use it but why, when and for what."

"Don’t worry about what anybody else is going to do. The best way to predict the future is to invent it."

"In natural science, Nature has given us a world and we’re just to discover its laws. In computers, we can stuff laws into it and create a world."

"A change in perspective is worth 80 IQ points. Perspective is worth 80 IQ points. Point of view is worth 80 IQ points."

"If you’re not failing 90% of the time, then you’re probably not working on sufficiently challenging problems."

"Artificial intelligence is what we don’t know how to do yet."