> But we can be more precise: information overload that makes all information ephemeral, when some information should be permanent. On this particular point I

> But we can be more precise: information overload that makes all information ephemeral, when some information should be permanent. On this particular point I disagree, though I love the rest of your writeup. The information was always there, somewhere; you just couldn't really access it. Google and other aggregators have made it possible for us to operate "one level higher". I don't have to remember exactly what Bayes theorem is and how it can be used, I can just remember the type of problem Bayes is excellent at solving, and rely on the internet to bring me quickly up to speed. It _has_ made us all geniuses, but we take it for granted because we've gotten so used to it that it seems obvious. I think what Beam is attempting here is a similar leap in technology, and it should be interesting to see if they succeed and change our relationship with information. It definitely feels like something is missing, because the internet is too unreliable; if a video is deleted or a link is broken, you're out of luck.