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> None of that is happening. The sad truth is that the computer revolution isn’t even being worked on. in later talks alan kay would say "the best way to predi
by andrekandre 6y ago
> None of that is happening. The sad truth is that the computer revolution isn’t even being worked on.
in later talks alan kay would say "the best way to predict the future is to prevent it" and i generally feel the same way...
it seems most commercial interests are interested in refining what already is, than building thind that are completely new (and who can blame them, its really risky to do so)
- david927 6y agoThere's a definite "Innovator's Dilemma" situation going on where the most anyone wants to backtrack is a few feet, and the solution is to backtrack a couple of miles. The irony is that everything is that by not investing in this, we've been eating our seed corn. There's been a dearth of innovation for decades and markets are desperate for growth but none is coming.
- andrekandre 6y ago> There's been a dearth of innovation for decades and markets are desperate for growth but none is coming. its intersting dilemma for sure... i think alan kay also said, the innovations for xerox park only cost a few tens of millions of dollars, with the economic impact of literally trillions... then this book comes to mind as well: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6130130-my-years-with-xerox https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6130130-my-years-with-xe...