The rate at which a person can mature is directly proportional to the embarrassment he can tolerate.

Honors
Since the late 1980s prominent individuals and organizations have recognized the seminal importance of Engelbart's contributions. m on October 29 1969 from Boelter Hall 3420. Also in 1998 ACM SIGCHI awarded Engelbart the CHI Lifetime Achievement Award.

He designed the strategy to accelerate the rate of innovation of his lab. Engelbart embedded a set of organizing principles in his lab which he termed "bootstrapping strategy".