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Historic Legacy
Sparked a Revolution!
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!
 
Forward Vision
Next-Level Strategy
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!
 
Put to Practice
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Now you can put those stra­te­gic prin­ci­ples to work Boot­strap­ping Bril­liance in your own ini­tia­tives, teams and organ­i­za­tions. Get started with Your ABC Tool­kit. Visit Our Initia­tives, ena­bling tech­nol­ogy, and Net­work­ed Com­mu­nity Show­case to see how some ini­tia­tives making a dif­fer­ence in the world are already meet­ing the Engelbart Challenge.
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“The com­plex­ity of challenges we face may soon out­pace our abil­ity to solve them ... So a core chal­lenge for organ­i­za­tions tackling important challenges: Getting smart­er at getting smarter..."
— Doug Engelbart
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Jan 30, 2025 - It's Doug Engelbart's 100th birthday! We're celebrating online free-range style with some gems from his remarkable legacy. Join Us: dougengelbart.org/Dougs-100th
 
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Doug Engelbart on IA vs AI: "Payoff will come when we make better use of technology ... to augment the very human skills that people bring to bear on difficult problems." More at the Engelbart Academy dougengelbart.org/Academy
 
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Immortal words of Doug Engelbart, from his acceptance speech on receiving the Lemelson-MIT Prize. Watch the Clip: youtube.com/clip/UgkxnuJ... More at the Engelbart Academy dougengelbart.org/Academy
 
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Howard Rheingold @hrheingold.bsky.social ⋅ 4d
mathematical modelling has been used to show that misinformation spreads across the internet like a virus spreading through a population. blogs.lse.ac.uk/medialse/202...
header image - Misinformation really does spread like a virus, suggest mathematical models drawn from epidemiology
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Misinformation really does spread like a virus, suggest mathematical models drawn from epidemiology
Sander van der Linden, University of Cambridge and David Robert Grimes, Trinity College Dublin explain how mathematical modelling has been used to show that misinformation spreads across the intern…
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Christina Engelbart @c-engelbart.bsky.social ⋅ 5d
Congrats to the Computer History Museum's 2024 Fellow Awards recipients -- Atari co-founders, Jake Feinler of NICs fame (hatched in Doug Engelbart's lab), and Jensen Huang of NVidia ... Check it out: computerhistory.org/events/2024-... including recipient bios and video from awards ceremony
Portraits of 2024 Fellows as shown on Awards site
 

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  • All new Press Archive - featuring press coverage of Doug Engelbart and his work, from 1960 to the present, now including special section of Featured Press for each decade...
  • New, improved Engelbart Academy - selected lectures and interviews with an important message for our time, new higher resolution content and Key Takeaways added
  • New, improved Forward Vision - highlights of Doug's Call to Action now enhanced with video snippets of Doug and colleague Jeff relating the core message in their own words; PLUS all new Glossary of Key Concepts!
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  • All new Engelbart Awards Collection on display
  • Historic Firsts - browse our all-new gallery of exhibits showcasting key pioneering breakthroughs from Doug's lab

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