Memex, created by Vannevar Bush, was a proto-hypertext system described in his article “As We May Think.” It’s influence was taken for granted back then. However, the Memex system has created a large impact on the field of design.
His inventions also helped the blogging scene take off. Blogging in 2003 was very important because it let users express themselves online. Publicly posting your work on the internet also helped the internet take off.
Vannevar Bush’s ideas and creations have impacted our lives on the internet whether it be hypertexts, sorting, or content. His creation of this system was way before our time. In present day, many of the systems that we use today are in part because of Bush. Social media platforms such as Instagram and TikTok use algothithms which could be considered the present day Memex machines. With a large pool of data, posted content can be given hidden details that make it easier to find posts. Users are given curated content through the explore or for you pages on Instagram and TikTok. However this can become an issue of ethics. This is an issue because your data is potentially at risk because it is freely collected for potentially devious uses.
