Douglas Engelbart- Mouse


Douglas Engelbart:



Born: January 30, 1925 in Portland, Oregon, USA
Death: July 2, 2013 (Age: 88)

Computer related contributions:


Publications:

  • Bootstrapping: Douglas Engelbart, Co-evolution, and the Origins of Personal Computing.

Honors and awards:

  • National Medal of Technology
  • Lemelson-MIT Prize
  • Turing Award
  • Lovelace Medal
  • Norbert Wiener Award for Social and Professional Responsibility
  • Fellow Award
  • Computer History Museum


Douglas Engelbart Quotes:



1)"The digital revolution is far more significant than the invention of writing or even of printing.."




2) "The rate at which a person can mature is directly proportional to the embarrassment he can tolerate.."




3) "In 20 or 30 years, you'll be able to hold in your hand as much computing knowledge as exists now in the whole city, or even the whole world.."




4) "The better we get at getting better, the faster we will get better.."



5) "These days, the problem isn't how to innovate; it's how to get society to adopt the good ideas that already exist.."



6) "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.."


7) "Sometimes I apologize. It started that way and we never did change it.."


8) "Boosting mankind's capability for coping with complex, urgent problems.."


9) "It would be wonderful if I can inspire others, who are struggling to realize their dreams, to say 'if this country kid could do it, let me keep slogging away"


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