Alan Kay, 2018: The Best Way to Predict the Future is to Create It. But Is It Already Too Late?

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A 2018 talk by Alan Kay, computing pioneer behind Smalltalk and the personal computer vision, on creating a healthy future and the role of education and thinking in it. This is a recording of the talk, uploaded to YouTube.

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@xkriva112021 · in “Alan Kay at UCLA (2016) [video]”
I like Alan's talk about education: ▶ this video
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@morphle2025 · in “I'm 16 and Trying to Save Coral Reefs with Open-Source Symbiotic Biotech”
>Releasing GMOs into the ocean is risky. You are dangerous [3] (to the coral and the ocean). Don't mess with the planet until you are qualified and have the consent of the mayority of the planet. Start with learning ethics. And become a scientist, at 16 years old you have not yet learned to think properly [1,2]. You are from Kazakhstan, not know for its rigorous science process for the last 100 years. > connect with experts Only science is the expert. Individual scientists are not. >who could shape, redirect or improve this idea. Publish your scientific results in a paper and have them reproduced, peer reviewed and debated [1] Alan Kay Sustainable Thinking link [2] The Best Way to Predict the Future is to Create It. But Is It Already Too Late? ▶ this video [3] Geoengineering carries ‘large risks’ for the natural world, studies show link
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@kennethfriedman2018 · in “Alan Kay: Is it too late to create a healthy future? [video]”
Here is a youtube version: ▶ this video