1940: Bush convinces Franklin Delano Roosevelt to fund and support colloborative effort between millitary, industry and academic research
- Grew over 5 years --> "military industrial complex" or "iron triangle" by Dwight Eisenhower
1945: Vannevar Bush publishes "As We May Think" in the Atlantic Montly and Life
- Primary organizer of Manhattan Project
- Felt technology didn't have to be a destructive force in society
- Architecht for computing projects at MIT
Summary:
- 1940 Bush approaches FDR --> "iron triangle" under Eisenhower
- iron triangle = self-perpetuating military, industrial and academic relationships
- "As We Think" published pre and post U.S. nuclear attacks on Japan
- Bush's article describes voice interaction, wearable information devices, and wireless data connections that are imaginable today
- "memex" = Bush's super accurate proposal, a device, similar to modern PCs, a way to share knowledge/information and his goal alludes to the goals of New Media
- Doug Engelbart = radar technician inspired by memex, began work that led to word processor, mouse and hyperlink
- Ted Nelson, came across Bush's essay which was a major influence of his discovery of the hyperlink
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