WORLD BRAIN

"It is becoming apparent that the real clue to that reconciliation of freedom and sustained initiative with the more elaborate social organization which is being demanded of us, lies in raising and unifying, and so implementing and making more effective, the general intelligence services of the world. . . .

"It is an immense undertaking but not an impossible undertaking. I do not think there is any insurmountable obstacle in the way to the production of such a ruling World Brain. There are favourable conditions for it, encouraging precedents and a plainly evident need."

-- Herbert George Wells, 1938

For more information see MathLand's Fashioning a World Brain (6/8/96)

Table of Contents -- 5/24/97