As We May Think/What is New Media?

   In "As We May Think"  Dr. Bush talks about the process in which we record data, as well as what to do with it when we are done.  One interesting thing that is mentioned was how incredibly cheap it should be to mass produce and ship data.  Honestly, I think it is amazing that our society is so advanced that we can share information in so many ways, and so quickly.  However, it's also a frightening concept because what if our information falls into the wrong hands by accident?  How do we limit what we share, or for that matter keep tabs on what we limit?
   Another interesting tidbit that Dr. Bush brings up is the need to further our complex civilization through easily shared media of some sorts, suggesting that until we can create a better system to do so that our scientists cannot make progress.  Being at an engineering school makes me agree with this.  With so many different specialties in engineering, it becomes hard to absorb everything and switch between these specialties.  If learning materials and experiments were accessible in such a way that allowed students to find what they needed quickly, and even help them learn material quickly, we could increase our progress.
   "What is New Media?" addresses structure of media as well as what really defines new media.  A point that interested me is the fact that new media seems to be made up of multiple things.  The example they used was the "World Wide Web" being made up of different pages, computer languages, and programs.  I think we can even go deeper than that, because of all the different applications and tools that are available to us through the internet are so vast, that it almost feels as if you'd have to use a microscope to see it all.  Also, the fact that new media is interactive is a great point.  Just like this blog post that I am typing right now, new media allows me to connect in a new way.