Richard Gabriel reminicses on the origins of Lisp: Good News, Bad News, How to Win Big (includes links to paper itself and some responses).
Another link.
This is a classic paper, but it seems we never mentioned it here (or maybe I've just forgotten).
Back to the Future: Is Worse (Still) Better?
Back to the Future: Worse (Still) is Better!
(Oops didn't check the original link... oh well)