Papers in Systems Discussion Series: Improving Our Ability to Improve

"Improving Our Ability to Improve: A Call for Investment in a New Future" From the paper we're reading for, and discussing at, the September (remote) meeting: "This vision of success has not changed much for me over fifty years – it has gotten more precise and detailed – but it is pointed at the same potential that I saw in the early 1950s (ref. 1). It is based on a very simple idea, which is that when problems are really difficult and complex – problems like addressing hunger, containing terrorism, or helping an economy grow more quickly – the solutions come from the insights and capabilities of people working together. So, it is not the computer, working alone, that produces a solution. It is the combination of people, augmented by computers." If you're intrigued by this quote, there's more! Our Papers in Systems discussion series will continue with discussion of “Improving Our Ability to Improve: A Call for Investment in a New Future" by Douglas C. Engelbart, 2002 The discussion will be led by Arty Starr (@[email protected] on mastodon), and we will also be joined by Dr Margaret-Anne Storey. When: Wednesday, September 13th, 2023, 1PM - 2PM Eastern Time (US/Canada). The Zoom room will remain open until 2:30PM for informal discussion. Check time in your time zone. The paper (transcript of a keynote) is available at: https://dougengelbart.org/content/view/348/ Or pdf: https://dougengelbart.org/pubs/papers/scanned-original/2002-augment-133320-Improving-Our-Ability-to-Improve-eic11.pdf