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Networks & Natures
As the newest principal of metaLAB, I bring my own set of preoccupations to the group. My splintered interests in ethnography, computing, and architecture often converge in questions about changing human-machine-environment relationships. For instance, in my recent book, Co-Designers: Cultures … Continue reading
Wikipedia and the sum of human knowledge
We’re only a couple of hours into Wikimania 2012, the global gathering of Wikipedians, and fascinating questions are already swirling around the online encyclopedia’s mission “to make the sum of human knowledge accessible to everyone on Earth.” It’s a bracing … Continue reading
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Tagged Africa, feral copyright, Jimmy Wales, media, networked culture, Wikipedia
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Of dead trees, living networks, and encyclopedic ambition
At The New Republic, David A. Bell offers a wistful threnody for the paper edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica, which the eponymous publishing house announced it would cease publishing after 244 years. “With the disappearance of paper encyclopedias, a part … Continue reading
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Tagged david weinberger, Denis Diderot, Encyclopedia Britannica, encyclopedism, epistemology, knowledge, networked culture, Tim Carmody
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