1945: Wikipedia took the world another step closer to the vision p...
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Wikipedia took the world another step closer to the vision propounded by Vannevar Bush in his 1945 essay, “As We May Think,” which predicted, “Wholly new forms of encyclopedias will appear, ready made with a mesh of associative trails running through them, ready to be dropped into the memex and there amplified.
chapter: LARRY PAGE, SERGEY BRIN, AND SEARCH