The Birth of the Internet

I am a fan of the Internet. I believe it is bringing people together and connecting us towards our deepest purposes.

We suffered a loss in Ojai this month with the closing of of one of our bookstores, Local Hero. The overriding sentiment was that people don't read books anymore. But Paul Otlet saw that coming since 1934.

A lover of books and information, he set out to collect every single thing written and offer an information service via telephone. Eventually he was overwhelmed and chocking with the amount of paper, that he envisioned the computer and the Internet.

The article is cool, the video in the article is even cooler.