As We May Think

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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. Bush expresses his concern for the direction of scientific efforts toward destruction, rather than understanding, and explicates a desire for a sort of collective memory machine with his concept of the memex that would make knowledge more accessible, believing that it would help fix these problems. Through this machine, Bush hoped to transform an information explosion into a knowledge explosion.

As We May Think - Wikipedia Jump to content From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 1945 essay by Vannevar Bush As We May Think Author Vannevar Bush Language English Genre Science and technology Published in The Atlantic Publication date July 1945 Media type Print Vannevar Bush " 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

As We May Think

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