Google and the World Brain

00:00:18 There is no practical obstacle whatever now

00:03:17 that's been cleared of all its animals

00:06:11 From a farmer in Africa to a mother in India

00:09:06 And then, you see, with the development of printing

00:12:17 'ill-served English-speaking world of ours

00:15:15 in world history.

00:18:48 And they uploaded that stuff straight to Mountain View

00:24:54 And why should that concern us?

00:28:05 without paying any fee for certain carved-out uses.

00:30:43 about a lot of the things that he envisaged.

00:35:17 So this is nothing new, but I think there is something about the scale

00:40:22 and a little bit of a surprise, to put it mildly.

00:43:05 whether you are JK Rowling or Shakespeare.

00:47:19 It took three years to work it out

00:49:37 They basically transformed the search service

00:52:29 we're not even in it yet and we're trying to get in there.

00:55:31 and the conflicts and the noise

00:58:07 You can create intelligent systems if you have very large databases.

01:00:56 who entered their answers, their trivia

01:08:23 100 keyword, but I remember the most ridiculous keyword of my book

01:14:12 There was a risk of monopolisation there

01:17:02 And then Judge Chin thought about it.

01:21:29 no-one would be using their services.

01:26:23 A gigantic world library.