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Information Technology As We May Think by Vannevar Bush Response

 

Create a new reply to this post to serve as your individual response to “As We May Think” by Vannevar Bush. Your response should, at a minimum, address the following points:

  • In a broad sense, describe how you believe Bush views “the relationship between thinking man and the sum of our knowledge.”
  • Identify at least one of Bush’s speculations regarding the future role(s) of information. How is this speculation informed by Bush’s experience, knowledge, and the time in which his speculation arose? After establishing this context, identify and describe an instance of contemporary (within the last 5 years) information technology that implements / relates to Bush’s speculative role(s) of information. Use specific details to be sufficiently clear about the relationship between the contemporary technology and Bush’s ideas.
  • Knowing what we know about the technology of Bush’s time and the ideas he presents in “As We May Think,” what speculations might you be able to make regarding future technology based on the way in which technology is used today?