I see you've watched the same Alan Kay talk as I have. It certainly changed my opinions about plenty of things. Many of my colleagues leer at me when I suggest

I see you've watched the same Alan Kay talk as I have. It certainly changed my opinions about plenty of things. Many of my colleagues leer at me when I suggest that Computer Science is not so much a field today as it is a pop-culture. We continue to experience novel technology not because it is new but because we continue to forget our past achievements. Innovation has been slow in this culture (I would go so far as to say painfully slow). Worse, it dates me when I gather amongst my younger colleagues and I cannot stand it any longer! I'm not a dinosaur. Not even close! And still it moves at a lightning pace!