October 1962,
Along with all the other stuff
Carrying on with the Cold War—
Space race, Cuban missile crisis—
Engelbart conceptualized
A sort of mechanized private
File and library, a future device
To augment human intellect
For which he coined the name, meme-x,
Suggesting we would need to use
Its own power as tool to control
Its social impact. Failed at that,
And here we are with whoever
Was punished, whoever got rich.
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