"As we may think" 요약

Vannevar Bush is MIT professor, an author of "As We May Think." and inventor of "MEMEX". This is a content of "As We May Think.". Bush's contributions are two. First, engineering achivement in building a rapid prototype microfilm selector. Second, article "As we may think"
Study delivery is as important as study result. human's experience is very full, but study result is very basic. So, many product is not invented.

"MEMEX" is a kind of study delivery. "MEMEX" is an imaginary personal information system. It's sophisticated microfilm reader. This is recording, communicating and keeping all kinds of book. It's speed is very fast. And treatment is very flexible. Also "MEMEX" is possible to associative indexing. All sort of "MEMEX" is directly assorted by user's assistant. Maybe new encyclopedia is born.

"Microfilm selectors" is popular storage medium for records in 1920s and 1930s. Photoelecric microfilm selector is pioneered by Emanuel Goldberg(he called a "statistical machine", by May 1927). Emanuel Goldberg is the first Managing Director of Zeiss Ikon and Professor. He contributed a remarkable and brilliant range of insights and inventions, mostly connected with photography. At that time, punched cards very slow. so microfilm selector is invented. microfilm is indicated index codes. Thanks to the index codes, the desired record is identified and appropriate action is triggered.

Like this("memex", "microfilm selectors"), science is very useful in convenience and speed. Thanks to the science development, we look for documents that we want quickly. For example, "MEMEX" is look for documents quickly. Of course, science always haven't merits. The other side, science is harmful(genocide, war...). In consequence, we look all aspect of things that use science. We use science to some extent. Science development not have to damage human's right.