Wednesday, October 6, 2010

J.C.R. Licklider - Man-Computer Symbiosis

- ARPA: organized to head military's space program.

- Led by J.C.R. Licklider

- Background in engineering and behavioral science

- A force in promoting education of technology and pushing boundaries of computing

- Military + Academia

- ARPAnet: prototype of concepts that led to internet

- Very true: "in a few years, man will be able to communicate more effectively through a machine than face to face"

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