Ryo Lu reflects on Engelbart's 'augmenting human intellect' and why he builds software
ryolu_ · x · 2026-10-29
Developer Ryo Lu reflects on Engelbart's idea of "augmenting human intellect": what drew him to software was that something on a screen could become an extension of his mind—a place to put a thought before understanding it, to rearrange things until new connections appeared, and to build little systems that worked the way he worked. The computer's magic, he argues, lies in amplifying thought, not being a factory.
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