Associative Indexing, The Basic Idea Of Which

As Long As Scientists Are Free To Pursue The Truth Wherever It May Lead, There Will Be A Flow Of New Scientific Knowledge To Those Who Can Apply It To Practical Problems.

Associative Indexing, The Basic Idea Of Which Is A Provision Whereby Any Item May Be Caused At Will To Select Immediately And Automatically Another. This Is The Essential Feature Of The Memex. The Process Of Tying Two Items Together Is The Important Thing.

Science Can Give Mankind A Better Standard Of Living, Better Health And A Better Mental Life, If Mankind In Turn Gives Science The Sympathy And Support So Essential To Its Progress.

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.

There Has Been A Great Deal Said About A 3,00-mile High-angle Rocket. The People Who Have Been Writing These Things That Annoy Me, Have Been Talking About A 3,000-mile High-angle Rocket Shot From One Continent To Another, Carrying An Atomic Bomb And So Directed As To Be A Precise Weapon Which Would Land Exactly On A Certain Target, Such As A City.