Wikipedia Controls the Past, Present & Future
According to Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales, “the closest thing we have to a Prime Directive” is to “imagine a world in which every single person on the planet is given free access to the sum of all human knowledge. That's what we're doing.” Spoiler alert…
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2 years ago · 9 likes · 1 comment · Mickey Z.
Wikipedia gets so much power from a basic human weakness: very few people have enough sand in their craws to reject conventional and received wisdom. It can be socially and emotionally painful to even quibble. When the hystericists are driving policy, it can be dangerous.