Future Gazing statements
Written on October 4th, 2009 by syamant“There is no practical obstacle whatever now to the creation of an efficient index to all human knowledge, ideas and achievements, to the creation, that is, of a complete planetary memory for all mankind…the whole human memory can be, and probably in a short time will be, made accessible to every individual. And what is also of very great importance in this uncertain world where destruction becomes continually more frequent and unpredictable, is this, that…it need not be concentrated in any single one place.” – HG Wells talking about the Microfilm
It could be said today as well after so many years since this quote. It is always interesting to revisit Future gazing statements of the past and contemplate.
In the current context, there is always the issue of standards, competing formats, devices and in the case of DVD even regions and languages to grapple with. In a sense, information access is still a story of have and have nots. I wonder what would Mr Wells think now if he were to revisit his statement..
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