Basic Scientific Research Is Scientific Capital.

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.

Thus Science May Implement The Ways In Which Man Produces, Stores, And Consults The Record Of The Race.

The Difficulty Seems To Be, Not So Much That We Publish Unduly In View Of The Extent And Variety Of Present Day Interests, But Rather That Publication Has Been Extended Far Beyond Our Present Ability To Make Real Use Of The Record.

Give These People Money, Let Them Play, And They'll Come Up With Something.

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.