# World Knowledge Is Becoming a Distributed Digital Archive by Terrence J. Sejnowski > “Technological advances in communication from clay tablets, to papyrus,to moveable type, to postscript have had a shaping influence on society and these are accelerating. Almost overnight, the accumulated knowledge of the world is crystallizing into a distributed digital archive.” > **— Terrence J. Sejnowski**, *1999 Edge Annual Question, response passage* ## Sources and Context - **Original Edge response:** [pioneer in Computational Neurobiology — Terrence J. Sejnowski](https://www.edge.org/response-detail/10984) — a verbatim passage from Terrence J. Sejnowski's 1999 Annual Question response, expressing the author's position at the time. The linked response supplies its surrounding context. - **Local archival entry:** [[research/Edge 1999 Full Quotation Curation|Edge 1999 Full Quotation Curation]] (EDGE1999-081). ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Edge|Edge]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Consciousness Continuity|Consciousness Continuity]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Art is Long|The Art is Long]] - **Article:** [[articles/Uploading Is Imminent|Uploading Is Imminent]] - **Article:** [[articles/Who Pays for Your Heaven|Who Pays for Your Heaven]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Long-Term Digital Preservation|Long-Term Digital Preservation]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Technological advances in communication from clay tablets, to papyrus,to moveable type, to postscript have had a shaping influence on society and these are accelerating. Almost overnight, the accumulated knowledge of the world is crystallizing into a distributed digital archive.” — Terrence J. Sejnowski, 1999 Edge Annual Question https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-terrence-sejnowski-world-knowledge-becoming-distributed-digital ```