# Selection by Association by Vannevar Bush > "Selection by association, rather than indexing, may yet be mechanized." > **— Vannevar Bush**, *As We May Think (1945), excerpt candidate* Verification Status: Unverified — exact wording/source has not yet been independently confirmed against a primary source; source clue: As We May Think (1945), excerpt candidate. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Consciousness Continuity|Consciousness Continuity]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]] - **Article:** [[articles/Mind Uploading and AI — The Host is Reusable and the Person is the Delta|Mind Uploading and AI — The Host is Reusable and the Person is the Delta]] - **Article:** [[articles/STEVE|STEVE]] - **Article:** [[articles/Information Persistence in Complex Systems|Information Persistence in Complex Systems]] - **Wiki map:** [[wiki/Consciousness Mapping and Transfer|Consciousness Mapping and Transfer]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Vannevar Bush|Vannevar Bush]] - [[wiki/Engram|Engram]] - [[wiki/Memory Substrate|Memory Substrate]] - [[wiki/Memory Architecture|Memory Architecture]] - [[wiki/Memory Continuity|Memory Continuity]] - [[wiki/Hippocampal Replay|Hippocampal Replay]] ## Share on Social Media ``` "Selection by association, rather than indexing, may yet be mechanized." — Vannevar Bush, As We May Think (1945), excerpt candidate https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-vannevar-bush-selection-association ```