I watched a video on YouTube over the memex's animations, and it helped bring the articles to life. The diagrams and the products that the items were made to create become clear.
After reading the articles, I began to realize that Bush had a very present role in politics in order that he may become a well-known scientist. In order to accomplish that, Bush recognized that well-known people are the ones that become well-established people in technology. This was an evident outcome because the transition from the first world war and the second produced noticeable differences. As a result of his inventions, the military in the war benefitted, and just as we saw in the postindustrial framework, society as a whole benefitted from the war's inventions after it was finished. With Bush's mindset being that technology is immediate, the political sphere benefitted greatly. We see this in our every day lives as we become more of a society that demands instant responses. The smart phone is an example of this in our lives. We quickly go to google on the phone in order to find a specific answer to a problem or question. This was initially found in the memex desk, and there are definite similarities between the two.
With that, I think the article is flawed in that it demeans Bush in what his findings did not include. He had a huge networking scheme when he recognized in order to be successful as an inventor in technology. On top of that, we are still benefitting significantly from his foundations in invention.
I first started out watching the video of the Memex to get a more visual representation of what Bush was imagining. I thought it was interesting all the different parts of the Memex that came together to create something so out there at the time. It's incredible to think that just in the past 60 or so years how much has changed in regards to technology. I also found the same thing in the article I read. It was interesting how critics like to point out what Bush did not include in his vision instead of pointing out how ahead of his time he was.
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