person
Vannevar Bush
MIT engineer; 'As We May Think' author (1890–1974)
U.S. engineer who led the wartime Office of Scientific Research and Development. His 1945 essay 'As We May Think' anticipated personal computers, hyperlinks, and what we now call augmented intelligence.
past Director, Office of Scientific Research and Development; Vice President and Dean of Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Techno-optimismendorses
Technology and markets solve risks faster than regulation creates themAnticipated that mechanical aids to human thought, what he called the 'Memex', could free us from drudgery and let us think at higher levels; this is one of the foundational visions of human-computer cooperation.
“Consider a future device for individual use, which is a sort of mechanized private file and library… in which an individual stores all his books, records, and communications, and which is mechanized so that it may be consulted with exceeding speed and flexibility.”
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