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Comment author: gjm 04 July 2013 02:39:35AM *  11 points [-]

Found on Hacker News: Some insightful comments from Bret Victor.

A few extracts:

Douglas C. Engelbart, Inventor of the Computer Mouse, Dies at 88

This is as if you found the person who invented writing, and credited them for inventing the pencil. (This analogy may be more apt than any of us are comfortable with.)

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Engelbart had an intent, a goal, a mission. He stated it clearly and in depth. He intended to augment human intellect.

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The least important question you can ask about Engelbart is, "What did he build?"

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