## [Non-fiction] It Glows Against The Dark

* Author: u/AmeteurOpinions  *Finally, everyone was working together.**
* URL: http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/01/26/cobweb
* Score: 18

* Created: 2015-03-23T02:58:02

### Post:

[Link to content](http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/01/26/cobweb)

### Comments:

> **u/Adamantium9001** [+3]  *United Federation of Planets* (13 hours later)
> 
> > The idea is to build the Library of Alexandria Two
> 
> I cried. That that's *explicitly* their goal...I never knew.

> **u/AmeteurOpinions** [+2]  *Finally, everyone was working together.* (4 minutes later)
> 
> This is an interesting problem to me, not just because of how damned important it is. The engineering challenge is huge, and has to synergize with a great many non-technical professional and amateur scholars, without completely violating copyright or personal privacy.

> **u/DaystarEld** [+2]  *Pokémon Professor* (11 hours later)
> 
> Interesting read. Thanks for sharing!

> **u/darkflagrance** [+2]  (a day later)
> 
> With just one robots.txt, all past records can be deleted too. The censors hold most of the cards here.

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