Q&A on Wikipedia<\/a> that constitutes one of the smartest, clearest, and most humane takes I’ve read on that resource and its cultural context. It’s an extraordinary synthesis of what many voices have been saying, but it’s more than that. It’s actually an essay on knowledge, education, and civilization. How interesting that Wikipedia both represents and stimulates the larger conversations that are often so implicit (or discouraged) in a world of industrialized schooling.<\/p>\nAnd did I mention the writing? Limpid and focused. A neat trick to manage both at the same time. Fine enough to savor, strong enough to survive the thousand handouts that will reprint it.<\/p>\n
As ever, Brian rocks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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