Tech Nation - The End of Linear Thinking / Doug Engelbart
       
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       10/14/1994 - The End of Linear Thinking / Doug Engelbart
       
       Dr. Moira Gunn talks with Kevin Kelly, executive editor of Wired
       magazine, on his new book "Out of Control: The Rise of Neo- Biological
       Civilization." Kevin compares the biological behavior of nature to
       human-built systems. From his unique position, he discusses the speed
       at which our society is changing and how we are moving from a
       hierarchical approach where someone is in charge to an apparently
       disorganized approach, like a beehive, where everyone does a part but
       nobody sees the whole picture.
       
       Dr. Gunn also speaks with Doug Engelbart, director of the Bootstrap
       Institute and the person who holds the patent on the mouse. Dr.
       Engelbart's early work includes the first use of many of the personal
       computer techniques we take for granted today -- accessing multiple
       windows, editing text on screen, moving a cursor with a mouse, and
       others. Dr. Engelbart discusses his early experiences and offers a
       view of where he thinks we are heading with the information age.
       
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