Alan Kay, 2015: Power of Simplicity
Kenneth Friedman · 6 HN recommendations
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Alan Kay's 2015 talk on the power of simplicity, arguing that systems become simpler by building on more sophisticated fundamental building blocks and that big research horizons drove invention at Xerox PARC. It ranges across computing, tools and scaling software.
Why HN recommends it: HN repeatedly cites it as a thought-provoking talk on reducing software complexity and on the state of computing research.
“Easily over of the most thought provoking presentations I have seen recently.” Read on HN ↗