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S01E04: A Machine for Thinking: How Douglas Engelbart predicted the future of computing
Hidden Heroes
The Computer Science Demonstration
Douglas Engelbart and Bill English created the first "augmented intellect" demo in 1968. Steve Jobs turned that genre into a new kind of popular entertainment, most famously in his introduction to the iPhone in 2006. The Bay Area tech scene lay at the unlikely intersection of three distinct cultural rivers: military funding from DARPA and counterculture.
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