• All your metaphors about computers are wrong http://blog.scaramanga.co.uk/2012/02/29/all-your-metaphors-about-computers-are-wrong/ 16 comments 29/2/2012
• The “desktop” metaphor for computers is outdated. What can take its place? http://stevenf.tumblr.com/post/94591835/warning-a-long-rambly-exploration-of-the-state 33 comments 15/4/2009
• The Lost Futures of Computing: How We Got Boxed into the Desktop Metaphor https://andreklein.net/the-lost-futures-of-computing-how-we-got-boxed-into-the-desktop-metaphor/ 3 comments 26/1/2025
• The Cul-de-Sac of the Computational Metaphor https://www.edge.org/conversation/rodney_a_brooks-the-cul-de-sac-of-the-computational-metaphor 11 comments 16/5/2019

• Why we need to ditch the metaphor of the brain as a computer https://aeon.co/essays/your-brain-does-not-process-information-and-it-is-not-a-computer 539 comments 19/5/2016 philosophy
• [Metaphor] Ethereum puts time into computing http://bitcoin-consultants.co.uk/post/ethereum-puts-time-into-computing 6 comments 9/4/2015 ethereum
• Computers are tools, not metaphors. http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2007/10/29/computers-are-tools-not-metaphors/ 6 comments 30/10/2007 reddit.com
• Garry Kasparov On 'Chess Metaphors': The Chess Master And The Computer http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/01/22/gary-kasparov-on-chess-me_n_432043.html 3 comments 22/1/2010 reddit.com
• Why your brain is not a computer — For decades it has been the dominant metaphor in neuroscience. But could this idea have been leading us astray all along? https://www.theguardian.com/science/2020/feb/27/why-your-brain-is-not-a-computer-neuroscience-neural-networks-consciousness 158 comments 27/2/2020 cogsci
• Every geek I know shares, to some degree, the notion that the “desktop” metaphor for computers is outdated. What nobody seems to have a solid opinion on is what would take its place. http://stevenf.tumblr.com/post/94591835/warning-a-long-rambly-exploration-of-the-state 111 comments 15/4/2009 programming