introduction

Today topic is the Vannevar Bush's "as we may think", memex, and microfilm selector .

This is vannevar Buch's thing of the future. He's imagination at 1945 is real now.

memex was based on Bush's work during 1938-1940 developing an improved photoelectric microfilm selector.

The lower part is point of "as we may think".

Much needs to occur, however, between the collection of data and observations, the extraction of parallel material from the existing record, and the final insertion of new material into the general body of the common record. 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 mechanical aids.

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