A Quote from David Brin's Earth...

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...that's been bothering me more and more of late, albeit for reasons unrelated to the concerns that Dr. Brin rightly continues to expound upon in recent years. From June Morgan, a minor agent of what few villains that novel contains references to:

"You're all so smart, so modern. You've got your info-plaques and percomps and loyal little ferret programs to go fetch data for you. But what information? Only what's in the Net, my dears."