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Inventing the Computer Mouse | Douglas Engelbart | Talks at Google

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What it is

A Talks at Google visit by Douglas Engelbart, inventor of the mouse. He presents his lifelong aim of augmenting collective human intelligence, followed by a Q&A.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Recommended for hearing Engelbart's vision of collaborative hypertext systems straight from him, including his view of Wikipedia.

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

What HN commenters said

  1. “Inspirational ideas (unfortunately displayed with slides instead of Hyperdoc demos) and perplexed reactions in the ending Q&A session.”

    56-minute Google visit with Doug Engelbart presenting inspirational ideas, ending in perplexed Q&A.

    8bitsrule, 2018-05 · Recommendation · in “Doug Engelbart's advice to a young software developer [video]”

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Topics: douglas engelbart, computer mouse, hypertext, collective intelligence, computing history

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