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How to Invent the Future I - Stanford CS183F: Startup School

Stanford Online · lecture · Watch on YouTube

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What it is

Alan Kay's Stanford Startup School lecture covers his career at Xerox PARC and how to think about inventing the future. He goes through what came out of PARC and why companies fail to capitalize on such ideas.

Why Hacker News recommends it

It is HN's standard answer to questions on creativity, finding problems and PARC history, valued for Kay's thinking about thinking.

  • 3 people recommended it
  • 7 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2018, last 2024

What HN commenters said

  1. “I also recommend Alan Kay's video series on "How To Invent The Future".”

    Alan Kay's lecture series on inventing the future

    mindcrime, 2018-11 · Recommendation · in “Ask HN: How do you come up with creative, original ideas?”

  2. “Watch Alan Kay's "How to Invent The Future" talks from Stanford about this”

    Kay on why Xerox could not capitalize on all PARC ideas

    matt_s, 2020-08 · Recommendation · in “Ask HN: Other examples like “Kodak missed digitization” for presentations?”

  3. “Alan Kay's lectures on youtube are mostly about (critical) thinking and how to educate your own thinking.”

    Kay's talks on educating your own thinking

    morphle, 2022-05 · Recommendation · in “Ask HN: How to start developing critical thinking?”

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Topics: alan kay, xerox parc, innovation, research, startup school

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