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The Mother of All Demos, presented by Douglas Engelbart (1968)
Marcel · 8 HN recommenders · 8 recommendation months
Recommended by 8 Hacker News commenters across 8 months (2013–2026).
About this video
“The Mother of All Demos, presented by Douglas Engelbart (1968)” is catalogued as a demo from Marcel. Its recorded topics are GUI, HCI & interface history, History of computing, and Tech pioneers & interviews, with tags such as douglas engelbart, mother of all demos, hypertext, and mouse. These labels offer a subject map for the video; they do not provide a transcript or establish details beyond the public export. This guide uses catalog metadata and Hacker News stance counts rather than repeating the source summary.
Audience fit: people exploring GUI, HCI & interface history, History of computing, and Tech pioneers & interviews may find it relevant. The source classifies its format as demo and its level as general; those labels describe catalog intent, not guaranteed prerequisites or a specific teaching style. Review the video itself for details before using it as a reference.
Discussion snapshot: the export records 20 comments from 8 distinct recommenders over 8 months between 2013 and 2026. Its 20 available labels count 12 contextual references, 3 recommendations, 5 strong recommendations, 0 critical mentions, and 0 jokes. Most recorded mentions use the video as context for another discussion. No mention in this snapshot is classified as critical. This describes the available labels and should not be read as proof of unanimous agreement. These counts describe roles assigned to comments; they do not measure factual correctness or video quality. Each Hacker News item below links to its source comment for the full exchange.
Recorded details: the source lists Marcel as the channel or speaker. Runtime is not included in this export. A verified YouTube publication date is not included. The first and last years above refer to Hacker News mentions, not the video's release year. No duration or release year has been guessed.
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- 2013–2026
THREE SOURCE-BASED CONTEXT POINTS
Why Hacker News recommends it
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