Google y el cerebro mundial (2013)
The story of Google's most ambitious project ever and the people who tried to stop it.
Género : Documental
Tiempo de ejecución : 1H 29M
Director : Ben Lewis
Sinopsis
En 1937 HG Wells predijo la creación del Cerebro Mundial, una enorme biblioteca global que contenía todo el conocimiento y conduciría a una nueva forma de inteligencia superior. Setenta años después, Google puso en marcha la realización de ese sueño.
Jim Killeen googled his own name and made a documentary about the men with whom he shares it.
Laura, una joven de 19 años, estudiante universitaria de primer curso, quiere sacar sus estudios adelante pase lo que pase. El curro no le basta para vivir y llega a una tal situación de miseria que una noche, desesperada, decide contestar a un anuncio de Internet. Joe, 57 años, busca a una estudiante para compartir momentos de ternura con ella. Cien euros la hora. "Lo haré una vez y no más", se dice a sí misma. Tres días más tarde, Laura se encuentra en la habitación de un hotel, en compañía de Joe. Así se pone en marcha el ciclo infernal.
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