> it's never going to be powerful enough to enlighten the surrounding culture But one of Kay's central arguments is that literacy (meaning reading/writing medi

> it's never going to be powerful enough to enlighten the surrounding culture But one of Kay's central arguments is that literacy (meaning reading/writing media, especially print) did precisely what you are saying isn't possible. If computing is such a medium, we can't even imagine what kinds of enlightenment will be possible -- the same way oral cultures cannot imagine the ways of thinking of literate cultures.