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Sixty years
before it revolutionized the world, Belgium&#039;s
very own mad professor, Paul Otlet, envisioned a data exchange system that bore
an uncanny resemblance to the Internet. 
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: xx-small&quot;&gt;© &lt;em&gt;The Man Who Wanted to Classify the World&lt;/em&gt;, by Françoise Levie and 
&lt;a href=&quot;http://users.online.be/sofidoc/lhomme.htm&quot;&gt;Sofidoc Productions&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;
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