Information resides in computers, flows on the Internet and is displayed on the World Wide Web. Library catalogs of the world are becoming available electronically and eventually, the full text. Everyone will have instant access to the world's common knowledge. By the 21st century, the cost will be less than a penny. As a result we will have instant availability of practically cost-free information and an acceleration of applications that rely on the transferring of pictures, audio and video.
Next People enter the data into computers and people make mistakes.
Even worse some people may even enter the wrong information on purpose. We do what we always do - the best we can. The rules are the same. The one big difference with computer records is that the record is easily changed and almost impossible to detect that a change was made. Now, if you go to a courthouse, you need the address, a car, some gas, a map, good roads and some roadsigns.