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Engelbart's law

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Engelbart's law is the observation that the intrinsic rate of human performance is exponential. The law is named after Douglas Engelbart, whose work in augmenting human performance was explicitly based on the realization that although we use technology, the ability to improve on improvements (bootstrapping, "getting better at getting better") resides entirely within the human sphere.

Engelbart's law - Wikipedia Jump to content From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia This article may be too technical for most readers to understand . Please help improve it to make it understandable to non-experts , without removing the technical details. ( April 2025 ) ( Learn how and when to remove this message ) Observation that the intrinsic rate of human performance is exponential Engelbart's law is the observation that the intrinsic rate of human performance is exponential . [ further explanation needed ] The law is named after Douglas Engelbart , whose work in augmenting human pe

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