As We May Think Reading Response

What I got out of the reading “As We May Think” by Vannevar Bush, was the fact that technology and the way things are made is constantly changing. In the beginning of the reading, he mentioned some scientists that came up with a lot of good ideas or inventions. Even as great as they were, they weren’t able to be dispersed as much back in that time. It wasn’t like today where things could be made more quickly in a less expensive manner. He also talked about how technology and the quality of technology have gotten better as well and more advanced. He uses a camera as an example. At first there used to be a huge process with taking pictures and developing them. But now all you need in order to take a picture is the click of the button and the pictures can be viewed instantly without having to wait awhile for them to come out. Although I really didn’t get everything he wrote in this article, I got what he was trying to say…or at least I think I got it. As technology advances, things get a lot easier for us. It’s not like back then when it took a lot of work and different processes to get to a certain point. Everything now is so simple. A huge reaction can come out of something just from the press of a button as opposed to back then. Another thing I got from this reading is how science has changed as well. Back then, science was used to make weapons and machines for things like war. Now, scientists mainly focus on making cures to different illnesses and diseases. I found this article kind of interesting to read. I like how the author compared things of the past to how things are now in the present.