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As We May Think

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Vannevar Bush's wartime essay imagining the Memex — a personal device for storing and associatively linking all of one's books, records, and communications.

Augmenting Human Intellect: A Conceptual Framework

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Engelbart's SRI report laying out a systematic program for using computers to raise human problem-solving capability.

Augmenting Human Intellect: A Conceptual Framework

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Engelbart's SRI report laying out a systematic program for using computers to raise human problem-solving capability.

Man-Computer Symbiosis

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Licklider's foundational vision of humans and computers as coupled partners, not master and tool — the conceptual seed of interactive computing.

Man-Computer Symbiosis

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Licklider's foundational vision of humans and computers as coupled partners, not master and tool — the conceptual seed of interactive computing.

Memorandum For Members and Affiliates of the Intergalactic Computer Network

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Licklider's memo naming a shared, interconnected community of computers — a rhetorical precursor to the internet.

Memorandum For Members and Affiliates of the Intergalactic Computer Network

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Licklider's memo naming a shared, interconnected community of computers — a rhetorical precursor to the internet.

On-Line Man-Computer Communication

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Licklider and Clark sketch real-time, interactive use of computers and gesture toward an 'Intergalactic Computer Network' of connected machines.

The Computer as a Communication Device

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Licklider and Taylor argue that networked computers will become a medium for human communication and community, not just computation.