Technology Quote by Alan Kay

„Technology is anything that wasn't around when you were born.“

Alan KayA concise technology quote by Alan Kay about innovation, progress, and how technology transforms our familiar world.
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Alan Kay is an American computer scientist and a pioneer of object-oriented programming and graphical user interfaces.

Alan Kay describes technology as something that extends beyond the familiar world shaped by our childhood experiences.


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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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