I Dreamed of a Perfect Database | New Republic
A really nice piece by Paul Ford on the history of databases and the dream of the Semantic Web.
Sometimes I get a little wistful. The vision of a world of connected facts, one big, living library, remains beautiful, and unfulfilled.
One thing though: the scrolling on this page is sooooo janky that I had to switch off JavaScript just to read these words comfortably.
