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> So, I talked to Steve on the phone [about adding a standard pen and penholder]. I said, “Look Steve. You know, you’ve made something that is perfect for 2-yea
by howaboutnope 5y ago
> So, I talked to Steve on the phone [about adding a standard pen and penholder]. I said, “Look Steve. You know, you’ve made something that is perfect for 2-year-olds and perfect for 92-year-olds. But everybody in-between learns to use tools.”
-- Alan Kay
Non-slave adults are the vanishing breed, the onslaught against general and self-determined computing is just one of the symptoms of that.
- quesera 5y ago> Non-slave adults ... Such a poor choice of words. I loosely agree with your point, which I interpret to mean that generalized computing is endangered. But it's endangered because the alternative experience is superior for most humans exercising their free choice. It has nothing to do with slavery, or ignorance. This makes the problem much harder to solve.
- howaboutnope 5y agoIt's superior in the short term, more convenient, but in the long run it will leads to those people going away, and having no means to fight back against being made to go away.
- musicale 5y ago> So, I talked to Steve on the phone [about adding a standard pen and penholder]. I said, “Look Steve. You know, you’ve made something that is perfect for 2-year-olds and perfect for 92-year-olds. But everybody in-between learns to use tools.” -- Alan Kay Steve Jobs was right since most modern smartphones don't use styli. (Nothing against the Samsung S pen though.) Alan Kay was right because the Apple Pencil is pretty great: https://www.apple.com/apple-pencil/ https://www.apple.com/apple-pencil/