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Alan Kay - Normal Considered Harmful
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Alan Kay's 2009 UIUC talk arguing that computing is more a pop culture than a science and that ignoring history and fundamentals leads to inferior solutions. He touches on the history of interactive environments and what the web should have been.
A staple on must-watch lists, recommended as a starting point for Kay's thinking and for why software is often poor and ahistorical.
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