Small nitpick: this collection of filing cabinets as well as the theorized electronic version of it are centralized projects of curated information that really

Small nitpick: this collection of filing cabinets as well as the theorized electronic version of it are centralized projects of curated information that really in no way resemble "the Internet" and would better be compared to a library or encyclopedia. Many such projects to build a central repository of all human knowledge have been undertaken at various times throughout human history going back thousands of years.