The Dynabook and modern computing

Time interviews Alan Kay:

http://techland.time.com/2013/04/02/an-interview-with-computing-pioneer-alan-kay/

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Thank you Bert for the link.

I am not sure to understand this metaphor with agriculture.

"One way to think of all of these organizations is to realize that if
they require a charismatic leader who will shoot people in the knees
when needed, then the corporate organization and process is a failure.
It means no group can come up with a good decision and make it stick
just because it is a good idea. All the companies I’ve worked for have
this deep problem of devolving to something like the hunting and
gathering cultures of 100,000 years ago. If businesses could find a
way to invent “agriculture” we could put the world back together and
all would prosper."

If someone could explain me what it means.

Thanks,
Benoit.


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It took me while to realize that I forwarded it to a wrong list...


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Ask him: how did the invention of agriculture influence "civilization"?

Or: what is ultimately more powerful, competition or cooperation?

Cheers,

Alan

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Benoit is asking this.

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Thank you Bert for the link.

I am not sure to understand this metaphor with agriculture.

"One way to think of all of these organizations is to realize that if
they require a charismatic leader who will shoot people in the knees
when needed, then the corporate organization and process is a failure.
It means no group can come up with a good decision and make it stick
just because it is a good idea. All the companies I’ve worked for have
this deep problem of devolving to something like the hunting and
gathering cultures of 100,000 years ago. If businesses could find a
way to invent “agriculture” we could put the world back together and
all would prosper."

If someone could explain me what it means.

Thanks,
Benoit.


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