# World Brain

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- Book: [World Brain](https://www.bookquiver.com/h-g-wells/world-brain) ([World Brain.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/h-g-wells/world-brain.md))
- Authors: [H. G. Wells](https://www.bookquiver.com/h-g-wells), [Bruce Sterling](https://www.bookquiver.com/bruce-sterling), [Joseph Reagle](https://www.bookquiver.com/joseph-reagle)
- Publisher: the_mit_press
- ISBN: 978-02-6254-256-2
- Pages: 176
- Published: 2021-08-03
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

In 1937, H. G. Wells proposed a predigital, freely available World Encyclopedia to represent a civilization-saving World Brain. In a series of talks and essays in 1937, H. G. Wells proselytized for what...