“most of the significant advances in computer technology—including the work that my group did at Xerox PARC—were simply extrapolations of Lick’s vision. They were not really new visions of their own. So he was really the father of it all” - Robert Taylor (Founder of Xerox PARC)

One of J.C.R.’s most influential papers was Man-Computer Symbiosis, where he describes advancing machines as a means to advance people and vice-versa:

http://groups.csail.mit.edu/medg/people/psz/Licklider.html