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On Lanier’s Digital Maoism

September 6th, 2006 · 4 Comments · Four pillars

I’ve now finished reading the whole essay and all the comments. Fascinating. Lanier says some very interesting things, as do his critics.

I could regurgitate all the things said and summarise them for you, but that’s not my style.
I could write a long impassioned response to the essay, pretending to be learned enough to join the [...]

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More on wikipedia and expertise and gatekeepers and quality

September 6th, 2006 · 7 Comments · Four pillars

Mea culpa.
Usually I read The Edge. As with First Monday, it is one more place on the web that I go to in order to find things that challenge me, that teach me, that stop me from seeping slowly into inertia.
But for some reason, probably sheer forgetfulness, I subscribed to First Monday from the get-go, [...]

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