We are Ken Jennings and John Rodrick.

We speak to you from our present, which we can only assume is your distant past, the

turbulent time that was the early 21st century.

Fearing the great cataclysm that will surely befall our civilization, we began this monumental

reference of strange and obscure human knowledge.

These recordings represent our attempt to compile and preserve wonders and esoterica that

would otherwise be lost.

So whether you're listening from an advanced civilization or have just reinvented the

technology to decrypt our transmissions, this is our legacy to you.

This is our time capsule.

This is The Omnibus.

You have accessed entry 4452T0413 certificate number 29342.

Extremely overdue library books.

You have a young daughter, John.

How can you build it out to the future?

I was going to the library just to confuse me, but my daughter loves it there.

This is your plug for reading. Why read books when you can close your eyes and see the dreamscape that is?

John Roderick's Intervision. I live in a seven-sided lighthouse made of dreams.

I never come down. I just pull my food up on a string.

In that world, who needs PD James Mysteries?

My kids go to the library all the time.

I know you're a library. It's kind of your brand.

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