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The Internet Should Be More Like Wikipedia
How might you help people find new things on the internet? How might you give new things on the internet a meaningful audition, without turning it all into a game that can (and will) be hacked and mastered?
Robin Sloan • A Year of New Avenues
And the builders of the web’s most popular platforms have largely adopted an enlightened approach: they follow the advice summarized as one of Wikipedia’s pillars: “Act in good faith, and assume good faith on the part of others.”
Andrew McAfee, Erik Brynjolfsson • Machine, Platform, Crowd: Harnessing Our Digital Future
The introduction of the “feed” in modern social media has been controversial. At its core, “algorithmic curation is ultimately about power — about who controls what we see and how we see it.” As our lawmakers now discuss this question on Capitol Hill, most of the discussion is centered around how we can “fix” the feed. However, our political and... See more
Drew Tada • Not Found
In the 2020 documentary The Social Dilemma, computer scientist Jaron Lanier uses Wikipedia as an example to highlight the craziness of this situation: When you go to a [Wikipedia] page, you’re seeing the same thing as other people. So it’s one of the few things online that we at least hold in common. Now, just imagine for a second that Wikipedia
... See moreTim Urban • What's Our Problem?: A Self-Help Book for Societies
