"The threshold for inclusion on Wikipedia is verifiability, not truth"
What is the point of Wikipedia? You'd be surprised.
Put your headphones on and listen toΒ John Siracusa's epic takedown of Wikipedia. ThisΒ is essential knowledge for any tech geek, or for anyone who thought crowd-sourcing information was a cool democratic process.
The relevant Wikipedia discussion starts at 72:30.Β
I'll rarely link to podcasts, but this is worth mention.
John Siracusa is one of my favorite tech guys, I listen to his Hypercritical podcast every Friday afternoon on my drive home from work ...and this is him in his element and in top form. Articulate, smart, passionate, unapologetically opinionated...yet fair to both sides. A well-informed step-by-step analysis with disclaimers noted up front. Reasonable cause. Devastating logic. Just great.
Actually, this whole podcast is a classic and I recommend listening to the entire 1.5 hour episode in its entirety. The first part is a brilliant analysis of Apple's recent foray into the textbook publishing industry followed up with wickedly accurate comments on the state of education in general.
If you don't listen to Siracusa on 5by5 every week, your life is incomplete.
