Wikipedia
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A Wikipedia a Day Keeps Facebook Away
Seeing the stat that Facebook users in the US are spending 50 minutes per day on the service, I can’t help but recall Clay Shirky’s book Cognitive Surplus. From my own review: Cognitive Surplus starts with a potent historical parallel and an astonishing data point. Early 18th century England had a “Gin Craze” as…
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The Wisdom of Clowns?
So I am looking up Korea on Wikipedia and some things are amiss. I can only assume it is a North Korean plot: Korea was united until 1998; at that time it was split into South Korea and North Korea. Since the Goryeo Dynasty, Korea was ruled by 7 governments and maintained political and cultural…