Hypercard was inspired by an LSD trip.

Wonderful talk with Bill Atkinson, one of the original Apple Macintosh team and creator of HyperCard.

It’s interesting to note that many great inventors in computing (Alan Kay, Dan Ingalls, Atkinson, etc.) had a deep interest in how the mind works, and saw the computer as a tool to augment our cognitive abilities. Bill Atkinson wanted to do research in neuroscience, but Steve Jobs convinced him to join Apple before he could finish his PhD.