The Internet Archive is a Library of Alexandria for the digital age, the world’s largest digital archive of books, video, websites and music. Based in a former Christian Science church in San Francisco, its towering servers sit in what was once the church organist’s room, emitting enough heat to keep the whole building warm in winter. Overseeing the entire operation is Brewster Kahle, founder of the archive, whose goal since 1996 has been to put knowledge within everyone’s reach, no matter their location or financial circumstances.
Internet pioneer Brewster Kahle has a dream – universal access to all knowledge
Director: Jonathan Minard
28 August 2014
videoSpace exploration
NASA’s Apollo missions to the Moon and back flip to new, pulsing life
3 minutes
videoHistory of science
A museum’s uneasy alliance between scientists and flesh-eating beetles
3 minutes
videoArchitecture
Tensions between architectural preservation and urban renewal collide at a demolition site
2 minutes
videoComputing and artificial intelligence
The ‘cloud’ requires heaps of energy to stay aloft. Could synthetic DNA be the answer?
12 minutes
videoComputing and artificial intelligence
What do the terms ‘life’, ‘love’, ‘art’ and ‘god’ look like to an algorithm?
5 minutes
videoThinkers and theories
Is simulation theory a way to shirk responsibility for the world we’ve created?
13 minutes
videoHuman rights and justice
How we confuse the ‘intended uses of technology with the actual uses’
11 minutes
videoThe ancient world
Walk like a Roman in this digital reconstruction of the ancient city
9 minutes
videoArt
Digital art can help us see and judge the internet before it consumes everything
6 minutes