The author appears to be JCR Licklider's son. JCR Licklider was the ARPAnet funder whose vision and backing gave us modern computing. See Waldrop's <i>excellent</i> "The Dream Machine" (published on Stripe Press) for more on JCR's achievements. <<a href="https://press.stripe.com/the-dream-machine" rel="nofollow">https://press.stripe.com/the-dream-machine</a>>