The Library of Babel – Film, Literature and the New World Order

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August 15, 2017

The universe is the internet is the library is the internet is the universe. Or is it? And if so, who are the librarians? And if we have all the information we can ever want, does that mean we have knowledge or wisdom? If not, how do we make it? Or who will make it for us? Join James this month for a Film, Literature and the New World Order examination of “The Library of Babel” by Jorge Luis Borges.

ORIGINALLY RELEASED JUNE 16, 2015.

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SHOW NOTES:

“The Library of Babel” – Text / Audio

Analysis: What’s Up With the Epigraph?

The Story of Google’s Success

Eli Pariser: Beware online “filter bubbles”

Just Be Evil: The unauthorized history of Google

How the CIA made Google

Does Google Spy On You?