Alan Kay - Normal Considered Harmful
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中文导读
图灵奖得主 Alan Kay 在 UIUC 的演讲，犀利直言当下的计算机领域更像是一种流行文化而非严肃科学。他回顾了交互式环境的演进史与 Web 应有的样子，批评忽视历史和基础必然导致劣质方案。
为什么 HN 推它
各大必看技术演讲榜单的常客。想理解 Alan Kay 的系统思想，以及为什么现代软件经常变得臃肿劣质且遗忘历史，看它就够了。
「特别推荐他的《Normal Considered Harmful》这场演讲，基本上是一针见血直切要害。」HN 网友原话：his talk 'Normal Considered Harmful' in particular is worth a look as it pretty much goes straight to the heart of the issue
英文原摘要（HackerTube / Claude 整理）
Alan Kay's 2009 UIUC talk arguing that computing is more a pop culture than a science and that ignoring history and fundamentals leads to inferior solutions. He touches on the history of interactive environments and what the web should have been.
A staple on must-watch lists, recommended as a starting point for Kay's thinking and for why software is often poor and ahistorical.
HN 上的提及
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Alan Kay does a far better job than I can in explaining some of this history
he pointed out that the people in the 90s ignored the work and experience of the past generations of programmers
want to force automotive engineers to watch some Alan Kay talks
this was what Alan Kay was advocating for on the web