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Great one hour video of a Google Tech Talk by Alex Wright, "an information architect at the New York Times and the author of Glut: Mastering Information Through the Ages," on the conceptual precursors to the web. We've been building this thing for a long time.
The interesting cast of characters includes Charles Cutter, H.G. Wells, Teilhard de Chardin, Paul Otlet, Vannevar Bush, Eugene Garfield, Doug Engelbart, Alan Kay, Ted Nelson, Andries Van Dam, and Tim Berners-Lee.
Here's Alex Wright's website.