memex

In 1945 scientist Vannevar Bush published an article As We May Think, which proposed the idea of the Memex. The Memex is a technological machine that would be able to organize and sort physical documents. The Memex would be able to find actual documents when needed and then through association would be able to call upon other documents that relate. This idea that Bush proposed is very similar to the modern day internet but in all actuality it is better, smarter. The computer/internet works through identification which is actually not as affective as the Memex which would've worked my association. Association is the way that the human's brain works which would make more sense for the internet to work that way. The Memex sounds like it would be such a good idea for somebody in technology to build upon. If the internet was reworked so it worked through association then technology would be so advanced. The irony of this is that Vannevar Bush came up with this very sophisticated idea in 1945 and today in the year 2010 we are still trying to reach this level of technology.