The internet has enabled research that was previously done over the lifetime of a large group of researchers to be done in just a few years by a single person.
The old question 'Is it in the database?' will be replaced by 'Is it on the blockchain?'
There is no central government database that allows officials to monitor water tests by local systems.
So, what you can do in Microsoft Word is what Bill Gates has decided. What you can do in Oracle Database is what Larry Ellison and his crew have decided.
The Russians hacked into the Illinois State Board of Elections. They got into the database.
