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“The future is not laid out on a track. It is something that we can decide, and to the extent that we do not violate any known laws of the universe, we can probably make it work the way that we want to.”

Quote by Alan Kay

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Alan Kay is a renowned computer scientist, born on May 17, 1940. He has had a profound impact on the field of computer science, particularly in the areas of object-oriented programming and graphical user interfaces. During his tenure at Xerox PARC, Kay made significant contributions to the development of personal computers. more

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