This article by Vannevar Bush tries to generally sum up what people have done to gain knowledge in technology so far and it also seems to inspire, reference the past compared to the present, and offer predictions what may be ahead for the future. Yet, I also felt the article wanted or expected man or rather people (to be more gender neutral) to do more to advance.
The article suggested people should be pushing themselves every day to build on their knowledge in general. And, yet it shows some understanding of the vast information that is now available to be somewhat overwhelming and possibly one can not retain all of this knowledge quickly to create immediate innovations in technology anyways. There was a reference if the Pharaoh from the Egyptian pyramids already had the ability to make a car for himself, it would have over taxed his kingdom and possibly "broken down on the way to Gaza."
Sometimes I highlighted some other interesting areas within the article that I liked too, such as within part 7, "people resist innovations, even of vital interests." I think this is so true of anyone when the most best way to move ahead really is to move with the change. Otherwise, perhaps one also risks staying with the old ways of doing things which is truly not moving with technology.
Then the article compares people to machines a little in order to mention that the human mind really works differently. It operates by association, rather than pure mechanical logic. The tying of two items together is important to people. Besides people are organic, not made up of metal parts.
Overall, I liked the article. Some points seemed to be repetitive, but in the end, in the process of pursuing knowledge to better human kind, the article continues to encourage the positive progress of knowledge and innovation.
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