ENTRY 2：Response to Bush "As We May Think"

1.       What’s Bush’s context for research?

--What problem does he list?

This article was written during the time when the world war two was about to cease. During the warfare period, the scientists from all fields conspire to arm the military and develop human through the application of science to warfare. A huge number of new knowledge and ideas emerged in during the war, and it’s a huge work to make more accessible bewildering store of knowledge through extracting and manipulating them.  

The problems are listed as following.

-          The investigators are staggered and confused by the massive research and conclusions from other workers.

-          The records were inefficiently stored which decreases its usefulness in science.

-          Professionally our methods of methods of transmitting and reviewing the results of research are generations old.

-          Some publication has been extended far beyond our present ability to make real use of the record.

2.       What is the memex? 

--description

Memex is a sort of mechanized private file and library where individual could compress and store all his books, records and communications, and which is mechanized so that it may be consulted with exceeding speed and flexibility. It has powerful memories to help you store all the resources.

--what does it enable the researcher to do?

A researcher can select the research relative to his academic area through memex. Also, he could store all his writings of research on this topic in the memex so that he can efficiently find them. In addition, he can category all the research paper he finds from other in a clear order so that he can easily find them. He can also share all his findings and achievements with his fellow and communicates with them upon his research.

3.       Do we have anything similar to memex today?

I think Facebook is similar to memex. They both allow users to collect, consult and share data. Facebook is a platform where the users can upload picture, videos and also can share those things with others. It is also very flexible to store resources.