Douglas Engelbart quotes

The digital revolution is far more significant than the invention of writing or even of printing. (Douglas Engelbart)
The rate at which a person can mature is directly proportional to the embarrassment he can tolerate. View quote
Douglas Engelbart
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. View quote
Douglas Engelbart
The better we get at getting better, the faster we will get better. View quote
Douglas Engelbart
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. View quote
Douglas Engelbart
Technology should not aim to replace humans, rather amplify human capabilities. View quote
Douglas Engelbart
If ease of use was the only requirement, everybody would still be riding tricycles. View quote
Douglas Engelbart
Human beings face ever more complex and urgent problems, and their effectiveness in dealing with these problems is a matter that is critical to the stability and continued progress of society. View quote
Douglas Engelbart
Why waste time doing experiments in the organization with technologies that are going to be out of date in 5 years or 10 years? View quote
Douglas Engelbart
There's a double pressure on the evolution of every organization: how you evolve to be more capable and effective, and efficient, but also how you stay in synch with the rest of the environment. View quote
Douglas Engelbart
Any possibility for improving the effective utilization of the intellectual power of society's problem solvers warrants the most serious consideration. This is because man's problem-solving capability represents possibly the most important resource possessed by a society. The other contenders for first importance are all critically dependent for their development and use upon this resource. (Douglas Engelbart)
Payoff will come when we make better use of computers to bring communities of people together and to augment the very human skills that people bring to bear on difficult problems. View quote
Douglas Engelbart