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  • biverson
    barbara i on 2006-08-29
    Today we talk about "information overload" but here we can see Vannevar Bush referring to "the record" by which he means the accumulated knowledge of science and scholars. He sees that as specializations increase, so does knowledge, but it soon becomes impossible to "keep up" with the growing body of information
  • biverson
    barbara i on 2006-08-29
    This is the heart of the article: information is expanding but our way of handling it is the same as what folks used in the days of "square-rigged ships." He was envisioning the need for new methods of information handling.
  • sperkins
    sperkins on 2007-11-16
    Vannevar Bush's article, "As We May Think" in The Atlantic.
  • sersinghaus
    Steve Ersinghaus on 2008-08-30
    It's increaingly clear that we're in the same boat or even in a larger boat.
  • sersinghaus
    Steve Ersinghaus on 2008-08-30
    This is funny but serves to create context for relationships and systems.

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