As We May Think

January 23, 2008

Vannevar Bush’s article As We May Think is a pretty cool read. I enjoy his ability to look at what exists around him and extrapolate tings that actually have come to pass. I was reminded of a book that came out last year (I think) that took a survey of what science fiction has and hasn’t gotten right. What I really liked about the article was that the things that must have seemed most absurd to readers of the day were what Bush got right.
At first I was under the illusion that this was a contemporary article. Because even though many of the wonders that Bush foresaw have come true, we still face issues of storage and access to what we have stored.