some news

Alan Kay alan.kay at squeakland.org
Sat Apr 22 14:19:02 UTC 2006


You've got it. The US thinks it is "there", and this is the most disastrous 
attitude to have, either at the level of a country (or a programming language).

Cheers,

Alan

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At 07:13 AM 4/22/2006, Alan Lovejoy wrote:
>Alan Kay> As Seymour once said, "I wish the US was still a developing
>country!").
> > We could say that about Europe also....
>
>Hilaire: "Hum, not sure to understand. "
>
>My reading of what Seymour said (as quoted by Alan K.) was that the term
>"developing country" is a pun.  The phrase "developing country," instead of
>having its usual meaning, refers to the fact that the US is no longer a
>country interested in positive change ("development,") and is instead a
>place where ideas, attitudes and the level of enlightenment are static.
>
>Perhaps I'm wrong, but that is how I read it.
>
>--Alan L.
>
>-----Original Message-----
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>[mailto:squeak-dev-bounces at lists.squeakfoundation.org] On Behalf Of Hilaire
>Fernandes
>Sent: Saturday, April 22, 2006 7:07 AM
>To: The general-purpose Squeak developers list
>Subject: Re: some news
>
>Alan Kay a écrit :
> > Yes, if only the world -- especially computer people -- were even
> > halfway rational and interesting in learning ... but this is one of
> > the main goals of education (= enlightenment, etc.), and this is why
> > global education for everyone has been my main interest over the years.
> >
> > As Seymour once said, "I wish the US was still a developing country!").
> > We could say that about Europe also....
>
>Hum, not sure to understand. In developping country, one related problem to
>education is to avoid children suffer from anemia, which make them unable to
>concentrate on anything.
>
>Hilaire





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