On Jan 27, 2016, at 12:57 PM, Robert Ochshorn wrote:

I’m not specifically anti-acronym, but I don’t recall Engelbart acknowledging any cognitive burden to the recursive layering of acronyms, which strikes me as absurd.

This is a minor point in your overall email, but I want to point out that Engelbart is deeply attuned to the labor of mastering a new craft. I think his orientation that people need to master new tools is powerful, but it did hamper the accessibility of his systems (and writing and acronyms). I don’t think it’s an easy knot to untie; mastery and accessibility are in a dynamic tension with one another.