As much as I agree with the sentiment presented by Alan Kay, in this talk and others, his presentations often feel bogged down in philosophical fluff and flakey analogy. If you want to see what I mean, mute and scan forward in the video paying attention only to the slides. It's almost impossible to tell what this talk is trying to convey from the slides alone. Nothing is concise. It's very lofty, interleaved with seemingly random stories. If this talk was given by someone without a name, we'd consider it completely whacked.
The tl;dr:
* Smalltalk did everything better
* Software was better in the 60s and 70s
* Alan Kay really dislikes the web.
I'd like to see a lot more talk from his progeny/ilk about modern revivals of the philosophy from these computing heydeys, alongside practical examples of how we can do modern applications better.
The tl;dr:
I'd like to see a lot more talk from his progeny/ilk about modern revivals of the philosophy from these computing heydeys, alongside practical examples of how we can do modern applications better.