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		dredmorbius on Sept 29, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: As We May Think (1945) There are other antecedents. H.G. Wells, "The World Brain": <https://archive.org/details/worldbrain00wells> Paul Otlet's Mandeneum: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mundaneum> <https://daily.jstor.org/internet-before-internet-paul-otlet/> <https://web.archive.org/web/20051227195507/http://people.lis...> Generally, the Encyclopédistes, most especially Denis Diderot. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encyclop%C3%A9die>

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