Bob Taylor passed away yesterday:https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/14/technology/robert-taylor-innovator-who-shaped-modern-computing-dies-at-85.html?mtrref=news.ycombinator.com&gwh=B242D8E538B634B47FCCE28074D932D7&gwt=pay …
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Replying to @michael_nielsen
Fascinating HN tidbit on how Taylor taught people at PARC to disagree. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14118290 …pic.twitter.com/c32RYlFtcI
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Replying to @michael_nielsen
And a great comment on the quote (& context and correction) from Alan Kay, in another thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14115147 …pic.twitter.com/te4okdd64F
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Replying to @michael_nielsen
Kay on Taylor and PARC, more broadly:pic.twitter.com/OlI9GfqJ6W
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Replying to @michael_nielsen
This kind of situation makes me very grateful for HN et al. So much harder to access this casual expert knowledge in prior social systems!
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