Quote by Kevin Kelly
The great advance of personal computers was not the computing powe

The great advance of personal computers was not the computing power per se but the fact that it brought it right to your face, that you had control over it, that were confronted with it and could steer it. – Kevin Kelly

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This is actually a very important principle that science is learning about large systems like evolution and that futurists are learning about anticipating human society: just because a future scenario is plausible doesnt mean we can get there from here. – Kevin Kelly

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As a rule, software systems do not work well until they have been used, and have failed repeatedly, in real applications. – Dave Parnas

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I dont look at computers as opponents. For me it is much more interesting to beat humans. – Magnus Carlsen

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Computers rather frighten me, because I never did learn to type, so the whole thing seems extraordinarily complicated to me. – Charles Keating

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Interactive computers and software will, I think, provide a less costly method of doing some kinds of inquiry, in knowledge acquisition and even reasoning and interaction. – Roy Romer

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