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Douglas Engelbart Interviewed by John Markoff of the New York Times

Computer History Museum · interview · Watch on YouTube

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What it is

A Computer History Museum interview in which John Markoff of the New York Times talks with Douglas Engelbart about his life and research. It covers the influences and struggles behind his work on the mouse, hypertext and collaborative computing, and his aim of helping humanity tackle complex problems.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN cites it for Engelbart's own account of his philosophy, in which computers augment human thinking instead of mimicking paper.

  • 1 people recommended it
  • 1 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2014, last 2018

What HN commenters said

  1. “Just yesterday I watched an hour-long interview [0] from 2002 with Doug Engelbart.”

    Engelbart's 2002 interview on life, the 68 demo and resistance.

    amsilprotag, 2018-12 · Recommendation · in “The 50th Anniversary of Doug Engelbart's Great Demo”

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Topics: engelbart, computer history, augmenting intellect, mother of all demos, human-computer interaction

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