As We May Think - Becca

This article completely fascinated me. I kept checking to be sure it really was written in 1945. Bush was truly a visionary. It's amazing that only 65 years ago, all of the basics and tools we needed were available to put us into the information age we are in today. Can you imagine 65 years from now? With the advances in technology and the building blocks we have today, there seems to be no limit to what we can do. Will our cars fly like the Jetson's? Can we eliminate the need for oil? A cure for cancer? This article makes all of those things seem not only possible, but a certainty.

The section regarding the "memex" was incredibly fascinating. Bush created the personal network and internet. A few more steps and he was in present day. I enjoyed the idea of the "trail", saved in history to see again. Such an intuitive thought, and so realistic to the way the human mind works, while setting it to the tune of technology. After reading this I was much more conscious of my own trails while working on my computer. How one thought lead to the next and suddenly I had been online, searching the world wide web for hours.