Web 2.0: The Sleep of Reason, Part II - Britannica Blog
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- Netklon on 2008-02-15 - Tags 2read
- Lajost on 2007-07-30 - Tags collaboration , Web_social_aspects , web2.0 , l@jost
- Ggrosseck on 2007-07-30 - Tags web2.0 , twitter
- Edventures on 2007-06-21 - Tags amateurism , gorman , web2.0
- Jennybento on 2007-06-18 - Tags LIS , toread , web , 2.0 , crank
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This “wisdom of the crowds” and “hive mind” mentality is a direct assault on
the tradition of individualism in scholarship that has been paramount in Western
societies at least since the Renaissance and, before then, can be seen in the
Church Fathers and the Greek philosophers, among others.
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Publishers, developers of publishing projects, editors, fact-checkers, proofreaders, and the other people necessary to the publication of authoritative texts are all mustache-twirling villains to the digital collectivist.
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a world in which everyone is an expert in a world devoid of expertise.
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Perceived generational differences are another obfuscating factor in this discussion.
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Is the astonishing spread of computer technology to change not just our society and personal lives but also the very nature of human intelligence?
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The person who creates knowledge or literature matters as much as the knowledge or the literature itself.
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the intellectual life of our society must continue to be based on respect for expertise, the scientific method, evidence-based texts, and, above all, the value of the individual scholar, author, and creator of knowledge.
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