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The Engelbart Hypothesis: dialogs with Douglas Engelbart
"We are at a decision crossroads. And as this book vividly demonstrates, Doug Engelbart as been there all along, waiting for us with the answer.
Historian James Burke
"This book should be compulsory reading for all IT and Business students around the world...This is a remarkable book. A gem. It tells the story of a man with a mission, who started a revolution in the 1950s, which has yet to get going for real, in the 2010s."
By Jan Freijser
"...you owe it to yourself to read this book."
Jay Cross
Douglas Engelbart, inventor of the computer mouse, is proclaimed as a Silicon Valley visionary. Until now his message has been limited to the High Tech elite. His hidden legacy lies with his ideas that laid the foundation for the shift from the Industrial to the Information Age. The Engelbart Hypothesis clearly articulates his message for the first time in 50 years shedding light on the secrets long ignored about the potential of the internet, social networking, and a method for harnessing collective intelligence. By understanding this framework, large groups of people can unleash their full potential to augment natural intelligence for collaborative problem-solving.
A host of luminaries explain Engelbart's influence on their work
Vint Cerf, Evangelist, Google
Kristina Woolsey, Cognitive Scientist
Lev Gonick, Vice President, Case Western Reserve
Howard Rheingold, author of "Smart Mobs"
and others
Historian James Burke
"This book should be compulsory reading for all IT and Business students around the world...This is a remarkable book. A gem. It tells the story of a man with a mission, who started a revolution in the 1950s, which has yet to get going for real, in the 2010s."
By Jan Freijser
"...you owe it to yourself to read this book."
Jay Cross
Douglas Engelbart, inventor of the computer mouse, is proclaimed as a Silicon Valley visionary. Until now his message has been limited to the High Tech elite. His hidden legacy lies with his ideas that laid the foundation for the shift from the Industrial to the Information Age. The Engelbart Hypothesis clearly articulates his message for the first time in 50 years shedding light on the secrets long ignored about the potential of the internet, social networking, and a method for harnessing collective intelligence. By understanding this framework, large groups of people can unleash their full potential to augment natural intelligence for collaborative problem-solving.
A host of luminaries explain Engelbart's influence on their work
Vint Cerf, Evangelist, Google
Kristina Woolsey, Cognitive Scientist
Lev Gonick, Vice President, Case Western Reserve
Howard Rheingold, author of "Smart Mobs"
and others
139 pages, Paperback
First published July 22, 2009
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January 19, 2021
Great thoughts with, I think, average explanations. Maybe I'm being obtuse, but I think the secret of successful think tanks or R&D labs is putting a bunch of geniuses together with a bunch of money and letting them set the goals. Anyway, diatribe over, this should be basic reading for all information workers.
June 9, 2015
Rambling, poorly-formatted collection of essays by and about a truly inspiring pioneer in computing.
April 1, 2017
Clear, concise intro to Engelbart's thoughts. The chapters from other contributors are pretty uneven, unfortunately. Also, the formatting in the Kindle edition is very rough and I'm pretty sure it's missing a lot of diagrams.
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