Consider a future device for individual use, which is a sort of mechanized private file and library. It needs a name, and, to coin one at random, "memex" will do. A memex is a 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 BushThere will always be plenty of things to compute in the detailed affairs of millions of people doing complicated things.
Vannevar BushPublication has been extended far beyond our present ability to make real use of the record.
Vannevar BushTo pursue science is not to disparage the things of the spirit. In fact, to pursue science rightly is to furnish the framework on which the spirit may rise.
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