Tag Archives: knowledge
Zealotry, Credibility and Knowledge on the Web
A friend of mine recently offered a post lamenting the hooligans that currently terrorize Wikipedia. Based on my past and recent experiences, my impression is that Wikipedia has become dominated by an entrenched group of individuals who are territorial rather … Continue reading
Filed under Information, public values
Science and democracy have always been twins.
A simple statement with a magnitude of implications. From an essay in today’s NYT by Dennis Overby: It is no coincidence that these are the same qualities that make for democracy and that they arose as a collective behavior about … Continue reading
Filed under Government, Information, Market Failure, public values
