What will emerge from using the Internet as a research tool? The answer, Vernor Vinge argues, will be limited only by our imaginations.
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Vernor Vinge is an emeritus professor of computer science at San Diego State University. His novel Rainbows End (2006) considers the Internet of 2025.
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Vinge, V. The creativity machine. Nature 440, 411 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/440411a
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