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Alan Kay has agreed to do an AMA today

1401 points alankay | 2 comments | 20 Jun 16 18:04 UTC | HN request time: 0.536s | source

This request originated via recent discussions on HN, and the forming of HARC! at YC Research. I'll be around for most of the day today (though the early evening).
1. collint ◴[20 Jun 16 18:29 UTC] No.11940088[source]▶
Hello Alan,

I'm curious if you've read much about Activity Theory. (in particular, Yrjö Engeström's Learning by Expanding.) I feel like it's compatible with much of what I've heard you discuss in lectures. Is it something you have an opinion on?

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2. alankay1 ◴[21 Jun 16 15:11 UTC] No.11946206[source]▶
I've looked at it -- some good ideas there. Often formal systems have problems in scaling, etc.