Douglas Engelbart

We need to bootstrap our collective capability for coping with complexity.

Innovation comes from people meeting up in the hallways or calling each other at 10:30 at night with a new idea.

The real opportunity is to augment human intellect.

Computers are not just for calculation; they are for augmenting the human mind.

In the future, everyone will be connected in ways we can't yet imagine.

The key is not the technology itself, but how it enables human collaboration.

I invented the mouse because I needed a better way to point and click.

Life is about solving hard problems together.

Hypertext is the way to organize knowledge for the future.

We must co-evolve with our tools.

The computer mouse doesn't squeak, but it points.

Augmentation is the next frontier after automation.

People are the ultimate resource; technology amplifies them.

I never expected the mouse to become so ubiquitous.

Collective IQ is what we need to raise.

The demo was just the beginning; the real work is in implementation.

Humor helps in engineering; it keeps the mind flexible.

Our goal is to make the complex simple through shared knowledge.

Life's meaning is in the pursuit of better ways to think and work.

Windows and icons were inspired by the real world.