"Consider a future device for individual use, which……" — Vannevar Bush
"Consider a future device for individual use, which is a sort of mechanized private file and library. It needs a name, and, to coin one at random, 'memex' will do. A memex is a device in which an individual stores all his books, records, and communications, and which is mechanized so that it may be consulted with exceeding speed and flexibility. It is an enlarged intimate supplement to his memory."
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25 Quotes by Vannevar Bush
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Fear cannot be banished, but it can be calm and without panic; it can be mitigated by reason and evaluation.
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Science has a simple faith, which transcends utility. Nearly all men of science, all men of learning for that matter,…
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Basic scientific research is scientific capital.
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Science has a simple faith, which transcends utility. It is the faith that it is the privilege of man to…
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A belief may be larger than a fact.
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The scene changes but the aspirations of men of good will persist.
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To pursue science is not to disparage the things of the spirit. In fact, to pursue science rightly is to…
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As long as scientists are free to pursue the truth wherever it may lead, there will be a flow of…
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A record, if it is to be useful to science, must be continuously extended, it must be stored, and above…
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There will always be plenty of things to compute in the detailed affairs of millions of people doing complicated things.
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The camera hound of the future wears on his forehead a lump a little larger than a walnut.
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Wholly new forms of encyclopedias will appear, ready made with a mesh of associative trails running through them, ready to…
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The ultimate end of human acts is eudaimonia, happiness in the sense of living well, which all men desire; all…
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The new always happens against the overwhelming odds of statistical laws and their probability, which for all practical, everyday purposes…
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Where all are guilty, no one is; confessions of collective guilt are the best possible safeguard against the discovery of…
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We have almost succeeded in leveling all human activities to the common denominator of securing the necessities of life and…
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I keep my friends as misers do their treasure, because, of all the things granted us by wisdom, none is…
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We must all make peace so that we can all live in peace.
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The spirit of Ubuntu, that once led Haiti to emerge as the first independent black nation in 1804, helped Venezuela,…
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As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we…
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Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life.
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A friend to all is a friend to none.
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