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A practical suggestion Kay makes is that one way to brainstorm start-ups is to think of technological amplifiers for human universals [1] [1] http://en.wikiped
by jal278 13y ago
A practical suggestion Kay makes is that one way to brainstorm start-ups is to think of technological amplifiers for human universals [1]
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Universals http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Universals
- Geee 13y agoThose are kind of strange, but struck a chord because I have been myself trying to discover these fundamentals which make us human and which most of technology is 'amplifying' (by Kay's terms). For example, music is not on that list which I personally think is one of the most important fundamental and which a lot of technology is built upon. Nor is communication, which is another fundamental and also a driver of a lot of technology. Maybe I'm thinking in a bit different terms, though.
- andrewflnr 13y agoI think Alan Kay put communication in his list. I don't think music is quite universal, certainly not uniformly and not the way we experience it now. He mentioned harmony theory as a notable non-universal, while almost any music you hear today makes extensive use of harmony.