Author: Massimiliano BrolliOriginal Publication Date: 15/11/2021Translator: Tara Lie Today I would like to bring a visionary essay to light, a source of inspiration for many scientists that have contributed to technological innovation, especially in computer science in the years following its publication. Vannevar Bush The essay, written in 1945 by Vannevar Bush, was published in the journal Atlantic Monthly. It introduced science to a new way of thinking, making it clear that for years, all inventions had only taken the extent of humankind’s physical powers into consideration, rather than the power of their minds. Vannevar Bush was an American engineer, born on