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		MichaelMoser123 on June 22, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Alan Kay has agreed to do an AMA today well, in this talk it sounds like you do advocate tool building - isn't tool building a way to try elliptic orbits instead of the circular ones ? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdSD07U5uBs 'Power of simplicity'

alankay on June 22, 2016 [–]

Yes, I do advocate tool building -- basically "if you can do it without getting buried, you should".

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