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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.
It consists of a desk, and while it can presumably be operated
from a distance, it is primarily the piece of furniture at which
he works. On the top are slanting translucent screens, on which
material can be projected for convenient reading. There is a keyboard, and sets of buttons and levers. Otherwise it looks like
an ordinary desk. (Bush, 1945)145

Pero lo que más llama la atención de su texto, considerado el motor
que llevó a Bush a crear la idea de Memex, y cuya esencia se intenta
transmitir en este trabajo, es el llamado a la reflexión sobre la solidaridad de los investigadores para compartir información que agilice el desarrollo y el avance científico, teniendo presente que de ese acto desinteresado podría depender la prosperidad de la humanidad:
Professionally our methods of transmitting and reviewing the
results of research are generations old and by now are totally
inadequate for their purpose. If the aggregate time spent in
writing scholarly works and in reading them could be evaluated, the ratio between these amounts of time might well be
startling. Those who conscientiously attempt to keep abreast of
current thought, even in restricted fields, by close and continuous reading might well shy away from an examination calculated to show how much of the previous month's efforts could
be produced on call. Mendel's concept of the laws of genetics
was lost to the world for a generation because his publication
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Consultar traducción de Arbeloa (2001) en http://biblioweb.sindominio.net/pensamiento/vbush-es.html

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