You may not know the name Doug Engelbart, but you use a version of his invention every day: the mouse. Mr. Engelbart passed away this week at the age of 88, and his "Mother of All Demos" from 1968 remains a definitive moment in the age of interactive computing. We all owe a debt to this intellectual giant. I hadn't seen the following quote before (Thanks, boingboing!), and I love it. He thought about problem-solving the same way I think about learning:
The key thing about all the world's big problems is that they have to
be dealt with collectively. If we don't get collectively smarter, we're
doomed.
- Douglas Engelbart (1925- 2013)
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