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soulcruzer
soulcruzerAug 11, 2026
The Whole Room Is the Fantasy Amplifier
I have been thinking about Alan Kay’s idea of the fantasy amplifier, partly because I have begun to suspect that the thing he was imagining has arrived. Or perhaps: it is arriving. Howard Rheingold, writing about Kay in Tools for Thought, described his ambition as building a “fantasy amplifier”, a dynamic medium for creative thought...
Alan Kayfantasy amplifier
soulcruzer
soulcruzerJul 27, 2026
Rheingold’s Tools for Thought has me asking an …
Rheingold's Tools for Thought has me asking an old question again:: what are computers for? For a long time the answer seemed settled. Computers were calculators, then office machines, then portals into a giant shopping centre with a comment section. We learned to treat them as appliances that happened to demand more and more of...
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