Douglas Engelbart Quotes

#1. The digital revolution is far more significant than the invention of writing or even of printing.

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#2. 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.

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#3. These days, the problem isn't how to innovate; it's how to get society to adopt the good ideas that already exist.

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#4. The better we get at getting better, the faster we will get better.

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#5. 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.

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#6. Sometimes I apologize. It started that way and we never did change it.

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#7. It would be wonderful if I can inspire others, who are struggling to realize their dreams, to say 'if this country kid could do it, let me keep slogging away'.

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#8. Boosting mankind's capability for coping with complex, urgent problems

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#9. The rate at which a person can mature is directly proportional to the embarrassment he can tolerate.

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