We will start each session with one of us standing before the assembled group and
introducing us to an "information world" that they are familiar with,
but one that may well be new to the rest of us.
This will be voluntary: there will be no one necessarily assigned to do this weekly,
though we hope everyone would want to share of themselves by taking advantage of the opportunity.
Beyond the data: five important lessons we can learn from Hans Rosling,
by Zuzana Hucki, Lecturer/Senior Lecturer, School of Science & Technology, Nottingham Trent University
in The Conversation, 10 February 2017
With Rosling in mind, let's go back nearly 80 years and consider a pioneer.
Watch this and ask yourself if Vannevar Bush's idea has yet been made real.
But you want to more fully understand how he framed this idea. Read the linked article.
"As We May Think" is a 1945 essay by Vannevar Bush which has been described as visionary and influential, anticipating many aspects of information society.