Comments on: Wikipedia: Dissent as part of the truth. http://subjectobject.net/2006/08/08/wikipedia-dissent-as-part-of-the-truth/ Home of Steven Chabot and his writings on knowledge, books, computers, and libraries. Sun, 23 Nov 2008 16:07:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7-beta2 hourly 1 By: Jennifer Macaulay http://subjectobject.net/2006/08/08/wikipedia-dissent-as-part-of-the-truth/comment-page-1/#comment-12 Jennifer Macaulay Thu, 10 Aug 2006 13:25:11 +0000 http://subjectobject.net/2006/08/08/wikipedia-dissent-as-part-of-the-truth/#comment-12 <p>Thanks for the link. I am very interested in the effects of the web on how we read, write and process information.</p> Thanks for the link. I am very interested in the effects of the web on how we read, write and process information.

]]> By: Steven Chabot http://subjectobject.net/2006/08/08/wikipedia-dissent-as-part-of-the-truth/comment-page-1/#comment-7 Steven Chabot Wed, 09 Aug 2006 00:29:54 +0000 http://subjectobject.net/2006/08/08/wikipedia-dissent-as-part-of-the-truth/#comment-7 <p>Jennifer:</p> <p>I have to admit that I am a Wikipedia addict. I spend far too much time clicking around.</p> <p>That being said, I don't know how I feel about my relation to it as of yet. <a href="http://www.futureofthebook.org/blog/" rel="nofollow">if:book </a> sometimes helps move me in one direction, and sometimes I can't really agree with the brash utopianism. But they are worth reading if you are interested in how the web is changing how we read and write.</p> Jennifer:

I have to admit that I am a Wikipedia addict. I spend far too much time clicking around.

That being said, I don’t know how I feel about my relation to it as of yet. if:book sometimes helps move me in one direction, and sometimes I can’t really agree with the brash utopianism. But they are worth reading if you are interested in how the web is changing how we read and write.

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]]> By: Jennifer Macaulay http://subjectobject.net/2006/08/08/wikipedia-dissent-as-part-of-the-truth/comment-page-1/#comment-5 Jennifer Macaulay Tue, 08 Aug 2006 16:26:25 +0000 http://subjectobject.net/2006/08/08/wikipedia-dissent-as-part-of-the-truth/#comment-5 <p>Your post is enlightening itself. I haven't given much thought to Wikipedia. It is there. It is a wonderful resource for certain types of information. However, I use other resources for other types of information. I like the take that Wikipedia's importance is in illustrating the flow of ideas and information in the real world. Wikipedia as a commentary about the nature of our society - interesting. Definitely food for thought. This makes Wikipedia much more fascinating to me.</p> <p>By the way, I often find the debates themselves to be much more important than the actual topic being debated many times. What people argue about says quite a bit about what we as a society find interesting.</p> Your post is enlightening itself. I haven’t given much thought to Wikipedia. It is there. It is a wonderful resource for certain types of information. However, I use other resources for other types of information. I like the take that Wikipedia’s importance is in illustrating the flow of ideas and information in the real world. Wikipedia as a commentary about the nature of our society - interesting. Definitely food for thought. This makes Wikipedia much more fascinating to me.

By the way, I often find the debates themselves to be much more important than the actual topic being debated many times. What people argue about says quite a bit about what we as a society find interesting.

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