Maybe they're reluctant to pick "the" how, too soon. If you're in a field from the early days, you probably have more of a pioneer or explorer mentality. Later

Maybe they're reluctant to pick "the" how, too soon. If you're in a field from the early days, you probably have more of a pioneer or explorer mentality. Later come settlers, who pick areas for utility. Even later come residents, born and raised there, most of whom don't really question what is given. This probably seems weird and frustrating to the explorers -- why settle so soon? Yes it seems comfortable and convenient, here, but there is so much left to explore. That's how I understand Alan Kay. He doesn't want to sell us some snazzy next big thing. He wants more of us to spend more time imagining and trying new things.