piątek, sierpnia 11, 2006

Is Wikipedia the Death of the Online Individual?

Technology gurus like Lawrence Lessig and Brewster Kahle showed up at this year’s Wikimania conference to celebrate Wikipedia’s dynamic growth. But some technologists insist that the site’s ascent is a cause for concern, not exultation.
Among those skeptics is Jaron Lanier, a computer scientist who coined the phrase "virtual reality" and spent time as the chief scientist for Internet2’s engineering office...