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'As We May Think' -- essay by Vannevar Bush, 1945
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Return to top of page · Post #: 1 · Written at 12:50:51 AM on 16 May 2020.
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Location: Sydney, NSW
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I was drawn to this fascinating essay by a reference in the book I am reading at the moment: Spycraft: The Secret History of the CIA's Spytechs, from Communism to Al-Qaeda
The essay: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1945/07/as-we-may-think/303881/ The author: Vannevar Bush (March 11, 1890 – June 28, 1974) was an American engineer, inventor and science administrator, who during World War II headed the U.S. Office of Scientific Research and Development (OSRD), through which almost all wartime military R&D was carried out, including important developments in radar and the initiation and early administration of the Manhattan Project. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vannevar_Bush |
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Return to top of page · Post #: 2 · Written at 7:40:03 AM on 16 May 2020.
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Location: Toongabbie, NSW
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Thanks GTC, Bush was one character in history I had not heard about. |
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Return to top of page · Post #: 3 · Written at 10:37:54 AM on 16 May 2020.
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Location: Kanahooka, NSW
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Thanks GTC. |
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Return to top of page · Post #: 4 · Written at 10:48:09 PM on 16 May 2020.
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Location: Silver City WI, US
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For his Memex vision, the secret ingredient - the high speed Von Neumann CPU - already existed at that time, and Schneider-Hoover's vision of the SPC/soft-switched phone network was just around the corner. But Page-Brin's web-PageRank-search-colossus (the dream come true) further into the future. |
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Return to top of page · Post #: 5 · Written at 10:45:52 AM on 17 May 2020.
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Location: Belrose, NSW
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There was an article in a 1940's Radio and Hobbies that predicted the smart phone, describing a pocket-watch sized device with which we could have video conversations between anyone, anywhere in the world. |
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Return to top of page · Post #: 6 · Written at 12:31:24 PM on 17 May 2020.
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Location: Hill Top, NSW
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Don't forget Dick Tracy and his communication watch. |
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