World Brain

Today, we mostly remember H. G. Wells as a writer of science fiction, but he was a prolific non-fiction author (not to mention penning comic/romantic novels such as The History of Mister Polly, which became Half a Sixpence as a film). To those used to his tightly crafted science fiction, the non-fic......more

leer esto desde el siglo xxi y la existencia de internet es super super SUPER interesante. tanto por lo q le parecía lógico pero en vdd no ha sido así como x todo lo q se sabía ya en los 30s….q hasta habla de preocupaciones medioambientales vamos no me jodas......more

I first encountered this book published in 1938 by way of the documentary film, "Google and the World Brain." The film casts a disparaging light on the Google Book initiative (at the very least, you should ask permission from authors if you want to digitize and profit from their books). The film inc......more

HG Wells sketched out the internet and WIkipedia before Al Gore was born. It had some nice ideas, but it was more a curio than something that really engaged me.......more