001_ Reaction to Vannevar Bush's "As We May Think"

"The world has arrived at an age of cheap complex devices of great reliability; and something is bound to come of it." I believe that Vannevar's objective claim is that data and information will be come easily available as time progresses, and this system will allow for social advancement, in the most general sense. Machines will allow access to rapid research and productivity beyond the physical capabilities of humans. With this investment of more "true" information, quality and quantity of questions/answers will be addressed, not only by scientists but by common users of these devices. Vannevar claims, "thus us builds a trail of his interests through the maze of materials available to him." These progressive paths will become clear, fast, and reliable as a source of establishing more direct routes to the previously unsolved and unanswered questions asked by scientists, academics and (in general) humans. The little, small, cheap machines guiding us will be hidden within large computational systems and fictitious technologies. All of this information, Vannevar claims, will hold a large social and ethical responsibility because these advancements have the potential to create and conversely, to destroy violence, racism, oppression, cancer, nuclear warfare, etc. Therefore, the user "built a civilization so complex that he needs to... push his experiment to its logical conclusion and not merely become bogged down part way there by overtaxing his limited memory."