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The most famous manifesto you've never heard of.

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The fundamental principle used in building sophisticated capabilities from the basic capabilities is structuring. #augmentintellect

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How would our civilization have matured if this had been the only manual means for us to use in graphical manipulation of symbols? #augmentintellect

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The report has put forth the hypothesis that the intellectual effectiveness of a human being is dependent upon factors which are subject to direct redesign in pursuit of an increase in that effectiveness. #augmentintellect

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By "augmenting human intellect" we mean increasing the capability of a [person] to approach a complex problem situation, to gain comprehension to suit [their] particular needs, and to derive solutions to problems. #augmentintellect

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See, sequential but not serial? A conceptual network but not a conceptual chain. #augmentintellect

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Statements very often had implicit linkages to other statements in the same group, and it would have been very useful to keep track of these associations. #augmentintellect

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Computers have been used to simulate dynamic systems for which we humans had none but descriptive models, from which we otherwise could gain little feel for the way the system behaves. #augmentintellect

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Note, too, the implications extending from Bush's mention of one user duplicating a trail (a portion of his structure) and giving it to a friend who can put it into his Memex and integrate it into his own trail (structure). #augmentintellect

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In really complex situations, comprehension and problem solutions do not stand waiting at the end of a straightforward path; instead, possibilities open up and plans shift as comprehension grows. #augmentintellect

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How would our civilization have matured if this had been the only manual means for us to use in graphical manipulation of symbols? #augmentintellect

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A commercially available disc storage system could hold over a hundred million of the human's basic symbols #augmentintellect

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The fundamental principle used in building sophisticated capabilities from the basic capabilities is structuring. #augmentintellect

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For our conceptual framework, we tend to favor the view that a language does exert a force in its own evolution. #augmentintellect

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Every person who does [their] thinking with symbolized concepts (whether in the form of the English language pictographs, formal logic, or mathematics) should be able to benefit significantly. #augmentintellect

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How would our civilization have matured if this had been the only manual means for us to use in graphical manipulation of symbols? #augmentintellect

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The old paper and pencil methods of manipulating symbols just weren't very adaptable to making and using symbol structures to match the ways we make and use conceptual structures. #augmentintellect

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The associative trails whose establishment and use within the files [Vannevar Bush] describes at some length provide a beautiful example of a new capability in symbol structuring that derives from new artifact-process capability #augmentintellect

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In really complex situations, comprehension and problem solutions do not stand waiting at the end of a straightforward path; instead, possibilities open up and plans shift as comprehension grows. #augmentintellect

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A good deal of Joe's time, though, seems to be spent with one hand on a keyset and the other using a light pen on the display surface. It is in this type of working mode that the images on the display frames changed most dynamically. #augmentintellect

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So let's see how we can accommodate the human's way of developing his comprehension and his final problem solution. #augmentintellect