ROSE : We've always kept records of our lives. Through words, pictures, symbols... from tablets to books… COLONEL : But not all the information was in

ROSE : We've always kept records of our lives. Through words, pictures, symbols... from tablets to books… COLONEL : But not all the information was inherited by later generations. A small percentage of the whole was selected and processed, then passed on. Not unlike genes, really. ROSE : That's what history is, Jack. COLONEL : But in the current, digitized world, trivial information is accumulating every second, preserved in all its triteness. Never fading, always accessible. ROSE : Rumors about petty issues, misinterpretations, slander… COLONEL : All this junk data preserved in an unfiltered state, growing at an alarming rate. ROSE : It will only slow down social progress, reduce the rate of evolution. COLONEL : Raiden, you seem to think that our plan is one of censorship.