21 Jul 2026
A journal of minds & margins

in the style of Bush

Engineering & Science Administration ·USA, 20th c.
"Systems, hierarchies, and the controlled application of knowledge to national purpose."

Vannevar Bush (1890–1974) was an American engineer and science administrator who directed US wartime research and wrote the foundational essay As We May Think. His characteristic move is to frame knowledge as an engineering problem — one of systems, hierarchies, and the deliberate organisation of effort toward a purpose.