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As We May Think "Consider a future device... in which an individual stores all his books, records, and communications, and which is mechanized so that it may be consulted with exceeding speed and flexibility. It is an enlarged intimate supplement to his memory." VANNEVAR BUSH JULY 1945 ISSUE

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As We May Think "Consider a future device... in which an individual stores all his books, records, and communications, and which is mechanized so that it may be consulted with exceeding speed and flexibility. It is an enlarged intimate supplement to his memory." VANNEVAR BUSH JULY 1945 ISSUE
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Robert McNees (mcnees@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 11-Mar-2024 17:12:18 UTC Robert McNees
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That same month, July 1945, Vannevar Bush published "As We May Think" in The Atlantic.
It was a forward-looking essay that anticipated hypertext, the web, Wikipedia, and other information technologies in the form of a desk-like device he called a "memex."
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1945/07/as-we-may-think/303881/

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