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The vicarious frustration in this listen was deep. It's not only a fascinating time-capsule, but a palpable reminder of how revolutionary ideas can be received
by jonahx 8y ago
The vicarious frustration in this listen was deep.
It's not only a fascinating time-capsule, but a palpable reminder of how revolutionary ideas can be received. The clarity of Ted's thought and vision here is striking even by today's standards, and despite his patience and articulate explanations he might as well be talking to a brick wall.
The Swift quote came to mind:
> When a true genius appears in the world, you may know him by this sign, that the dunces are all in confederacy against him.
- booleandilemma 8y ago“Don't worry about people stealing your ideas. If your ideas are any good, you'll have to ram them down people's throats” - Howard H. Aiken
- abecedarius 8y agohttp://habitatchronicles.com/2004/04/you-cant-tell-people-anything/ http://habitatchronicles.com/2004/04/you-cant-tell-people-an...
- miguelrochefort 8y agoI spent the last 10 years trying to tell people my vision. Nobody is getting it. Now I understand why. I wish someone told me this 10 years ago. Thank you.
- rocky1138 8y ago> When people ask me about my life’s ambitions, I often joke that my goal is to become independently wealthy so that I can afford to get some work done. Mainly that’s about being able to do things without having to explain them first, so that the finished product can be the explanation. I think this will be a major labor saving improvement. Honestly this is so good. I feel exactly the same.
- DanBC 8y agoIt's a radio interview, so he may be talking to a brick wall in the studio but it's likely a bunch of people listening suddenly "got it" from this interview: computers aren't about manipulating numbers, but are general purpose machines that manipulate symbols.