| As We May Think, Vannevar Bush, July 1945. http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/194507/bush http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/As_We_May_Think "As Director of the Office of Scientific Research and Development, Dr. Vannevar Bush has coordinated the activities of some six thousand leading American scientists in the application of science to warfare." The Computers of Tomorrow, Martin Greenberger, May 1964. http://www.theatlantic.com/unbound/flashbks/computer/greenbf... "By achieving reliability along with capability, computers have won broad commercial acceptance. But what of the future? What can we expect as computers enter their third decade? Some conservatives have been predicting a deceleration of computer growth for at least five years now. Is there a plateau just over the horizon? "Not if a recent turn in computer research is as significant as many of us believe it to be. General economic and political conditions permitting, this work will nourish a new wave of computer expansion. Computing services and establishments will begin to spread throughout every sector of American life, reaching into homes, offices, classrooms, laboratories, factories, and businesses of all kinds." An essay about essays: http://www.paulgraham.com/essay.html |