Isaacson's sketch has been deleted from medium.com, but this appears to be a copy:

http://kielarowski.net/2013/12/20/the-culture-that-gave-birt...

I hope Isaacson doesn't overlook J.C.R. Licklider's contributions. M. Mitchell Waldrop wrote an excellent book about that called The Dream Machine; here's a review:

http://archive.wired.com/wired/archive/9.10/streetcred.html?...