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How can we develop transformative tools for thought?

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How can we develop transformative tools for thought? How can we develop transformative tools for thought? Andy Matuschak and Michael Nielsen October 2019 Part of the origin myth of modern computing is the story of a golden age in the 1960s and 1970s. In this story, visionary pioneers pursued a dream in which computers enabled powerful tools for thought, that is, tools to augment human intelligence E.g., Douglas Engelbart, Augmenting Human Intellect: A Conceptual Framework (1962). . One of those pioneers, Alan Kay, summed up the optimism of this dream when he wrote of the potential of the perso

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