
Episode 107 - The Mundaneum, Part I
Advent of Computing
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The Limits of the Dewey Decimal System
There are only 10 of the largest classes, what Dewey called libraries. The system has flaws deep in its initial design. While it provides a framework for categorizing information, that framework is rigid and very limited. You get, at most, 1000 possible classifications.
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