Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius is a short story by the 20th century Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges. The story was first published in the Argentine journal Sur, May 1940. The "postscript" dated 1947 is intended to be anachronistic, set seven years in the future. The first English-language translation of the story was published in 1961.
This process was voted from nature most important invention of the 20th century. It makes fertilisers that doubled the earth population. Explained in the GWAL 2007 invited speak on Godel.
D. Milne, and I. Witten. Proceeding of AAAI Workshop on Wikipedia and Artificial Intelligence: an Evolving Synergy, page 25--30. AAAI Press, (July 2008)