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Re:Alan Kay on 'Learning to See' by apitaru on Monday June 25, 2012 @11:23AM (#4156903)
This struck a chord: "We are the species that fools itself”

I think this is at the heart of how we are capable of creating something from nothing ('create wealth' as pg would say).

There's also a dark side - I've come to notice that people who cannot 'fool themselves' are less happy, and at times dangeruosly so.

We are indeed a self-winding spring.

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