urlEdge; DIGITAL MAOISM: The Hazards of the New Online Collectivism By Jaron Lanier
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- The problem is in the way the Wikipedia has come to be regarded and used; how it's been elevated to such importance so quickly. And that is part of the lar...The problem is in the way the Wikipedia has come to be regarded and used; how it's been elevated to such importance so quickly. And that is part of the larger pattern of the appeal of a new online collectivism that is nothing less than a resurgence of ...
- In "Digital Maoism", an original essay written for Edge, computer scientist and digital visionary Jaron Lanier finds fault with what he terms the new onlin...In "Digital Maoism", an original essay written for Edge, computer scientist and digital visionary Jaron Lanier finds fault with what he terms the new online collectivism. He cites as an example the Wikipedia, noting that "reading a Wikipedia entry is like reading the bible closely. There are faint traces of the voices of various anonymous authors and editors, though it is impossible to be sure".
- lanier kritisiert den kniefall vor der kollektivistischen schwarmintelligenz
- Interesting critique to the hive mind idea. Chris, please read it.
