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Interested in the Mother of All Demos? How the Mouse was in­vent­ed? The ad­vent of the Know­ledge Age? Explore Doug's many Pio­neer­ing Firsts and other trea­sures in the Engel­bart Ar­chive, with his­tor­ic foot­age, photos, and fun facts galore. Don't miss his epic design strat­egy, 1969 SEQUEL to the Demo, or his 1962 mani­festo Aug­ment­ing Human Intel­lect!
 
What drove all that inno­va­tion and spark­ed a revo­lu­tion? Visit the Engel­bart Aca­demy to learn about his pre­scient Vision for a bright­er future, his Pivotal Strate­gy for design­ing that future, and his Call to Ac­tion for reach­ing our high­est col­lec­tive po­ten­tial in busi­ness and so­ci­ety in the midst of ac­cel­er­at­ing change — now more cru­cial than ever!
 
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Kiddle Encyclopedia | Nov 14, 2023 | Staff
“Early in his career he decided (1) he would focus his career on making the world a better place; (2) any serious effort [in this pursuit would require harnessing] the collective human intellect of all involved; (3) if you could dramatically improve how we do that, you'd be boosting every effort on the planet to solve important problems – the sooner the better; (4) computers could be the vehicle for dramatically improving this capability.”
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