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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 evolv­ing 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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“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..."
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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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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
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