So, computers should augment and empower human intellect. The spreadsheet is a mass-market tool that does so: humans with spreadsheets…
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Mathematica may be a good example, but it lacks the amazing breadth of appeal of the spreadsheet.
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@patrickc wikpedia, google, "the web": human intellect is hugely augmented by low-latency access to facts. -
@avibryant@patrickc This is why I worry about forces working against "the web" as such (information silos, the app-ification of everything)
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@patrickc Related … After watching@worrydream's vid, I thought of making my principle: "Only work on things that augment human intellect."
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@patrickc SMS/Twitter are telepathy.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@patrickc Databases amplify memory, phones communication and the Internet amplifies perception.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@patrickc Working on one :o)Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@patrickc I'm a huge Excel fan. Tableau is probably a distant second.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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