Douglas Engelbart (1925–2013) led the Augmentation Research Center at SRI, where he developed the mouse, hypertext editing, and collaborative tools — showcased in the 1968 “Mother of All Demos.”
Key work in the library
- Augmenting Human Intellect (1962) — a conceptual framework for raising human problem-solving capability with computers.
Significance
Engelbart turned Licklider’s symbiosis into engineering, building directly on Vannevar Bush’s Memex. His goal of amplifying ordinary people’s capability — not concentrating it — directly informs the equity principle of the Independent Internet.