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Jun 25, 2026 · Industry Insights

Engelbart’s ‘Con‑Man’ Vision: From the 1968 Demo to Modern Computing

The article recounts Douglas Engelbart’s 1968 on‑line system demo—introducing the mouse, graphical UI, text editing, hypertext, online collaboration and video conferencing—showing how his once‑scorned idea of augmenting human intellect seeded today’s computers and AI‑driven assistants.