Celebrating 65 Years of "As We May Think"

Vannevar Bush

This past month, July 2010, marked the 65th anniversary of the seminal article “As We May Think” by Vannevar Bush — first published in the Atlantic Monthly, in July 1945. Through this article, Bush directly and indirectly influenced the great pioneers of the information age that followed — pioneers such as Doug Engelbart, Ted Nelson, and Tim Berners-Lee.

A special symposium was held in 1995 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Bush’s article — the  MIT/Brown Vannevar Bush Symposium organized by Andy van Dam. Over the course of two days, a dozen distinguished speakers reflected on Bush’s life, vision, inspiration and impact, examined what had been accomplished since, and revealed what remained to be done.

Watch the Video! Lucky for us, the Symposium was videotaped, and the complete footage of that event is now available to view online at the Internet Archive as part of the Doug Engelbart Archive –  visit the Vannevar Bush Symposium Video page at the Doug Engelbart Institute website for details.

See also Simon Harper’s insightful blogpost ‘As We May Think’ at 65 « Thinking Out Loud….

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