The protean nature of the computer is such that it can act like a machine or like a language to be shaped and exploited.
Alan KayEvery technology really needs to be shipped with a special manual - not how to use it but why, when, and for what.
Alan KayQuite a few people have to believe something is normal before it becomes normal - a sort of 'voting' situation. But once the threshold is reached, then everyone demands to do whatever it is.
Alan Kay