Alan Kay on Early Reading and Critical Thinking

„I had the fortune or misfortune to learn how to read fluently starting at the age of three. So I had read maybe 150 books by the time I hit 1st grade. And I already knew that the teachers were lying to me.“

Alan KayAlan Kay on early reading, independent learning, and maintaining a critical attitude toward authority and teachers.
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Alan Kay is an American computer scientist and a pioneer of object-oriented programming and graphical user interfaces.

Alan Kay reflects on early reading, self-directed learning, and a critical distance from authority.


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Alan Kay (born in 1940 in Springfield, Massachusetts) is an American computer scientist. He is regarded as a pioneer of object-oriented programming, the Smalltalk programming language, and graphical user interface design. With the Dynabook concept, he also developed an early precursor to modern laptops, tablet computers, and e-books.

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