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I was with you there until the last bit. The internet does not contain anything remotely like "all knowledge in human history". The closest thing to that would
by InclinedPlane 8y ago
I was with you there until the last bit. The internet does not contain anything remotely like "all knowledge in human history". The closest thing to that would be all books and printed matter plus all audio and visual recordings. The internet does not contain all of that, not even a tiny fraction of all that. It probably will in the future, but it's going to be a while.
- gbear605 8y agoA substantial fraction of books have been digitized, even if not publicly available. Perhaps a more interesting question would be that of all significant/important knowledge in human history. Some information is more important than other; the name of a childless bachelor who lived in a small town 200 years ago is still knowledge, but it isn't helpful for very much.