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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: 0.432s | 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. Dangeranger ◴[20 Jun 16 19:51 UTC] No.11940870[source]▶
Hello Alan,

Something that I find striking about you and your work is your cross discipline approach to hardware, software, and "humanware".

Can you speak about people and subjects which have inspired you from fields other than computer science and how they have changed you as a person and technologist.

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2. alankay1 ◴[21 Jun 16 15:03 UTC] No.11946118[source]▶
I grew up in a house filled with books and parents and relatives who were in many fields. This ruined me for school (and that helped, though it was a struggle).

Here is a "personal essay" I was asked to write in 2004: http://www.vpri.org/pdf/m2004002_center.pdf