As We May Think
Historical Context: Written in the aftermath of WWII, Bush's essay envisioned how technology could augment human intellect and memory, directly inspiring Douglas Engelbart, Ted Nelson, and the development of hypertext systems
Relevance to त्रित्रयम्: Bush's concept of associative trails and the Memex machine prefigures triadic consciousness architectures where memory, motion, and field interact to extend human cognitive capability
Vannevar Bush's visionary 1945 essay that anticipated hypertext, personal computers, and the internet - a foundational text for information science and human-computer interaction
hypertextmemexinformation sciencehuman-computer interactionassociative thinkinginformation retrievalcognitive augmentationhistorical computing
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