Google and the World Brain

Google and the World Brain

The story of Google's most ambitious project ever and the people who tried to stop it.

Directed by Ben Lewis

Produced by Polar Star Films, ARTE

201389 min6.5 / 10

A cerebral documentary examining Google's audacious digitization project and the ideological and legal tensions it provokes about access, ownership, and corporate power.

The most ambitious project ever conceived on the Internet: Google's master plan to scan every book in the world and the people trying to stop them. Google says they are building a library for mankind, but some say they also have other intentions.

Questions people ask

  • Is Google and the World Brain violent? No. Less violent than 92% of films.

  • Is Google and the World Brain sad? Not especially. Less sad than 67% of films.

  • Is Google and the World Brain scary? Not especially. Less frightening than 65% of films.

  • Does Google and the World Brain end with hope? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Is Google and the World Brain easy watching? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

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67/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Distinctly its own thing.

Rarity94

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise66

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love45

How much audiences actually like it

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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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