Alan Kay has got to be one of the smartest people alive. I wish he wrote more. My favorites are his answer to the question "What do you believe is true, even th

Alan Kay has got to be one of the smartest people alive. I wish he wrote more. My favorites are his answer to the question "What do you believe is true, even though you cannot prove it?": http://www.edge.org/q2005/q05_8.html#kay http://www.edge.org/q2005/q05_8.html#kay and his essay "Predicting the Future": http://www.ecotopia.com/webpress/futures.htm http://www.ecotopia.com/webpress/futures.htm His other work is quite impressive, also, but these two are by far my favorites.