Along the same lines, read Borges' "The Library of Babel", from 1941.
Quoting from the Wikipedia description: "Despite — indeed, because of — this glut of information, all books are totally useless to the reader, leaving the librarians in a state of suicidal despair."
Quoting from the Wikipedia description: "Despite — indeed, because of — this glut of information, all books are totally useless to the reader, leaving the librarians in a state of suicidal despair."