Ed. Notes: Please note that the dates here listed are somewhat innacurate, due largely to errors in the textpad itself (both inaccuracies and data damage). See A Brief Timeline of the Age of Corporations for more accurate figures.
Also, research is ongoing as to the nature of The Bell Incident which is mentioned with odd regularity throughout the text. Unfortunately, the chapter dealing with it specifically was both apparently uncorrupted as well as utterly deleted. Updates as warranted.