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As We May Think
Digital Tools I Wish Existed
jon.bo
- I’m still not over the fact that I have 24 hour access to a machine that has memorized and synthesized the entire internet’s worth of information.
- None of us know how to know this much.
Jasmine Sun • 32 notes on AI & writing
Given how central memory is to our thinking, it's natural to ask whether computers can be used as tools to help improve our memory. This question turns out to be highly generative of good ideas, and pursuing it has led to many of the most important vision documents in the history of computing. One early example was Vannevar Bush's 1945 proposal**... See more
Nielsen Michael • Augmenting Long-Term Memory
I he difficulty seems to be, not so much that we pub lish unduly in view of the extent and variety of present-day interests, but rather that publication has been ex tended far beyond our present ability to make real use of the record. The summation of human experience is being expanded at a prodigious rate, and the means we use for threading... See more
Vannevar Bush • As we may think
The owner of the memex, let us say, is interested in the origin and properties
of the bow and arrow. Specifically he is studying why the short Turkish bow was
apparently superior to the English long bow in the skirmishes of the Crusades.
He has dozens of possibly pertinent books and articles in his memex. First he
runs through an encyclopedia, finds an... See more
of the bow and arrow. Specifically he is studying why the short Turkish bow was
apparently superior to the English long bow in the skirmishes of the Crusades.
He has dozens of possibly pertinent books and articles in his memex. First he
runs through an encyclopedia, finds an... See more