We examine what search engines actually are and the possibilities of what will come next in the future of search. We draw on history for some ideas. Are the issues we are seeing because of bias, privacy, censorship, speed, or accuracy? Or is the real issue money? The short answer is – all of these and more.

Let's think about a library and library science. What makes libraries work? Three things: The Dewey Decimal System, the consistent state of facts in the library, and finally, the librarian.