Don't say "predicted":
> The problem with saying that Engelbart "invented hypertext", or "invented video conferencing", is that you are attempting to make sense of the past using references to the present. [...] Almost any time you interpret the past as "the present, but cruder", you end up missing the point. But in the case of Engelbart, you miss the point in spectacular fashion. [...] If you truly want to understand NLS, you have to forget today. Forget everything you think you know about computers. Forget that you think you know what a computer is. Go back to 1962. And then read his intent.
<http://worrydream.com/Engelbart/>
Previously:
- A few words on Doug Engelbart <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5988615>
- A few words on Doug Engelbart (2013) <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17194456>