Whether the world be finite, and whether there be more than one world...

2025

To describe the world is to create another.

Science Fiction
Documentary

10m
August 22, 2025

Overview

To describe the world is to create another. A disembodied narrator recounts the life and death of Pliny the Elder, author of the first encyclopedia. Excerpts from Pliny’s "Naturalis Historia," echo between past and present, real and virtual, tracing the evolution of knowledge from written encyclopedias to modern AI algorithms.

Details

Status: Released
Release date: August 22, 2025
Original language: English
Spoken languages: English
Production: Expanded Views
Budget: Not recorded
Revenue: Not recorded