Vannevar Bush
4 statements across 2 episodes · 3 bullish · 0 bearish · 4 people on the record · first statement Jan 2, 2019 by Rob Goodman · said 31 times in 4 episodes since 2019 · across every show →
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2024 4 mentions in 2 episodes 2 per episode
2019 27 mentions in 2 episodes 14 per episode
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Jan 2, 2019 positive
Vannevar Bush was the first prominent scientist to spot Claude Shannon
“Vannevar Bush, who was one of the great sort of scientific networkers and organizers in 20th century America, he had a real eye for talent. He was the first person really well up in the scientific hierarchy to spot Claude Shannon's talent and to sort of invite…”
Jan 2, 2019
Shannon outlined information theory to Vannevar Bush 10 years before publishing
“He actually wrote a note to Vannevar Bush first Suggesting that he was working on this, that the theory that all messages or all communications were essentially the same. This is 10 years before he ever publishes the paper.”
Jan 2, 2019 positive
Vannevar Bush's 1945 essay predicted smartphones, tablets, and the web
“Bush wrote this very famous article. Article called As We May Think. Which is sort of the history of the iPhone, or a tablet, or a whole bunch, or the, and the web, and a whole bunch of other stuff all rolled into a single paper, which itself is phenomenal.”
Apr 1, 2019 positive
Bahcall: Sustained tech success requires valuing operators and creators equally
“And only by evolving and learning to love his artists and shoulders equally, that's when Things really took off. And that's why Vannevar Bush succeeded, and so many scientists before him failed, because soldiers love soldiers, artists love artists. He not only…”