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Bret Victor - Seeing Spaces

Colin McDonnell · talk · Watch on YouTube

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What it is

Bret Victor's talk proposing a new kind of maker space built for seeing and understanding a project's behavior: inside it, across time and across possibilities. It argues for scientific understanding over recipes and rules of thumb.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Listed alongside his other talks as foundational context for Dynamicland and visual-programming ideas, and he is the most frequently cited speaker on such threads.

  • 3 people recommended it
  • 4 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2017, last 2024

What HN commenters said

  1. “Highly recommend Bret's 2 talks for context”

    Context for Bret Victor's research vision

    skadamat, 2017-10 · Strong recommendation · in “The HARC First Year Report”

  2. “see also Seeing Spaces”

    Listed among related Bret Victor talks

    mitchtbaum, 2018-10 · Recommendation · in “Ask HN: What are some of the best technical talks you've heard?”

  3. “he gets more mentions than anyone else, usually.”

    One of Bret Victor's frequently cited talks

    yesenadam, 2023-01 · Recommendation · in “Ask HN: Has anyone fully attempted Bret Victor's vision?”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: bret victor, maker space, dynamicland, visualization, human-computer interaction

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