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" As We May Think " is a 1945 essay by Vannevar Bush which has been described as visionary and influential, anticipating many aspects of information society. It was first published in The Atlantic in July 1945 and republished in an abridged version in September 1945—before and after the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Mar 27, 2021 · Bush envisions a collective memory machine, the memex, to make knowledge more accessible and transform information explosion into knowledge explosion. The essay, published in The Atlantic, reflects on the role of science and technology in war and peace.
Vannevar Bush - As We May Think. July 1945. Shortly after the Second World War, Vannevar Bush, Director of the Office of Scientific Research and Development in the United States, wrote a vision piece on the application of science and technology to the development of new knowledge tools to mankind.
For mature thought there is no mechanical substitute. But creative thought and essentially repetitive thought are very different things. For the latter there are, and may be, powerful...
In July 1945 American Engineer Vannevar Bush published a popular description of the aims of his Rapid Selector information retrieval machine in his article, As We May Think, that appeared in the Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 176, No. 1 (1945) 641-49.
Introduction. Vannevar Bush opens his visionary essay by explaining how scientists contributed to the war effort. Scientists learned much while working together on this common goal, and the war changed their focus. Bush notes that the war is coming to an end and scientists must figure out new objectives as they shift to peacetime. Section 1.
A celebration of Vannevar Bush's 1945 vision, an examination of what has been accomplished, and what remains to be done. duchier@cs.sfu.ca.
