Quel Difference!

Wow, Alan Kay explains what a difference an "s" makes in our understanding of the world.

• McGee’s Musings : “The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity.” – Dorothy Parker - Annotated

   

  • It's largely about the enormous difference between News and New to human minds. Marketing people really want News (= a little difference to perk up attention, but on something completely understandable and incremental). This allows News to be told in a minute or two, yet is interesting to humans. New means "invisible",  not immediately comprehensible, etc.

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