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Paul Otlet, visioning a web in 1934

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What it is

A one-minute clip about Paul Otlet, the Belgian bibliographer who in 1934 imagined users accessing a remote database through an electric telescope over a phone line. It presents his vision as a precursor of the web.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Brought up whenever early predictions of the internet and the web's origins are discussed.

  • 1 people recommended it
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  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2014, last 2022

What HN commenters said

  1. “I always have to mention Paul Otlet, when the topic of early predictions of technology comes up.”

    Paul Otlet's early prediction of the web

    tokai, 2019-01 · Recommendation · in “Some Day, You’ll Have a Telephone with a Screen and Be Able To Dial a Book”

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Topics: paul otlet, history of the web, mundaneum, information science, 1934

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