They were saying computers deal with numbers. This was absolutely nonsense. Computers deal with arbitrary information of any kind. – Ted Nelson
In my second year in graduate school, I took a computer course and that was like lightening striking. – Ted Nelson
The good news about computers is that they do what you tell them to do. The bad news is that they do what you tell them to do. – Ted Nelson
Computers are hierarchical. We have a desktop and hierarchical files which have to mean everything. – Ted Nelson
Older fatherhood isnt all bad: testosterone rates drop about 1% per year as men age, making them less reactive and more patient, and a professionally established middle-aged man is likely to have more time and money to devote to his kids than a twenty-something whos just getting started. – Jeffrey Kluger