The Doug Engelbart Institute, previously known as The Bootstrap Alliance, is a collaborative organization founded in 1988 by the late
Douglas Engelbart
Douglas Carl Engelbart (January 30, 1925 – July 2, 2013) was an American engineer and inventor, and an early computer and Internet pioneer. He is best known for his work on founding the field of human–computer interaction, particularly ...
and his daughter
Christina Engelbart,
to research into the enhancement of human ability to solve complex, urgent problems.
Engelbart believed that it is possible to enhance society's
collective intelligence
Collective intelligence (CI) is shared or group intelligence (GI) that emerges from the collaboration, collective efforts, and competition of many individuals and appears in consensus decision making. The term appears in sociobiology, politic ...
by applying his strategies.
See also
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Engelbart's law
References
External links
Official Website
Independent research institutes
Non-profit technology
Research institutes established in 1988
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