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Douglas Engelbart Interviewed by John Markoff of the New York Times
Computer History Museum
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.
HN cites it for Engelbart's own account of his philosophy, in which computers augment human thinking instead of mimicking paper.
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