Google and the World Brain

Google and the World Brain is about the dreams, dilemmas and dangers of the Internet. In 1937, HG Wells imagined a "World Brain", a giant global library that contained all human knowledge which would lead to a new form of higher intelligence. Seventy years later, Google set about realizing Wells’ vision, launching a massive project to scan millions of books. But over half of those books were still in copyright, and authors across the world launched a campaign to stop them.

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INFORMATION

Edition: Singapore 2013
Director: Ben Lewis
Subjects: Publishing, Intellectual Property
Language: English
Runtime: 89 mins
Screening: Asia Premiere

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