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> he predicted [this ...] he predicted [that ...] Don't say "predicted": > The problem with saying that Engelbart "invented hypertext", or "invented video con
by cxr 4y ago
> he predicted [this ...] he predicted [that ...]
Don't say "predicted":
> The problem with saying that Engelbart "invented hypertext", or "invented video conferencing", is that you are attempting to make sense of the past using references to the present. [...] Almost any time you interpret the past as "the present, but cruder", you end up missing the point. But in the case of Engelbart, you miss the point in spectacular fashion. [...] If you truly want to understand NLS, you have to forget today. Forget everything you think you know about computers. Forget that you think you know what a computer is. Go back to 1962. And then read his intent.
<http://worrydream.com/Engelbart/ http://worrydream.com/Engelbart/>
Previously:
- A few words on Doug Engelbart <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5988615 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5988615>
- A few words on Doug Engelbart (2013) <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17194456 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17194456>
- palisade 4y agoIn the paper he actually multiple times mentions that he's predicting what we will be using in the future. And, quite a few of his examples are along the lines of, "Imagine many decades in the future if we had XYZ." And, many of the things he's describing did not exist at the time.