> appeal to authority. Would I really read this if it was written by a 20 year old without a track record? First, that's not what appeal to authority means. I

> appeal to authority. Would I really read this if it was written by a 20 year old without a track record? First, that's not what appeal to authority means. It doesn't mean, "Don't be interested in what Einstein thought," for example. Second, ironically, the big problem in our industry is that no one ever listens to those who have gone before. It's Alan Kay, not Alan Key. We reinvent technology, package it with a new logo, give it a new name, and run into the same problems as before, until someone comes up with a new technology to replace it, which is the same technology again, ad infinitum. You really need to listen to authority, because, frankly your software sucks. How do I know? Because all software sucks. Alan Kay, not Key, is one of the few people who understand that and understand what kind of creativity might lead us out of this mess. We should all be interested in what he's saying.