Imagine July 30, 2004
Posted by Andy Roberts in : internet , trackback
“Imagine a world in which every single person on the planet is given free access to the sum of all human knowledge. That’s what we’re doing.”
Wikipedia Founder Jimmy Wales Responds to 12 of the highest moderated (sort of voted on) questions selected by members of Slashdot
Here is a man with a mission who pulls no punches when explaining it, for example:
“Was wondering if you view the Wikipedia as a competitor or an additional tool compared to a World Book or an Encyclopedia Britannica?
Jimmy Wales:
I would view them as a competitor, except that I think they will be crushed out of existence within 5 years.”
Every organisation aspiring to change the world needs a charismatic leadership figure, willing to put an arbitrary timescale onto events, one which is easily within grasp. But Wikipedia really is phenomenal.
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