The World and Wikipedia Pt.2

In the second half of the World and Wikipedia ,Andrew Dalby's confessions of a contributer, he discusses some of the reasons why wikipedia is such a success. The takes his time to look at why we as Americans love to use it. In retrospect when you begin to think of his reasonings it all makes sense. He talked about how its a way that we all get a chance to become philosphers, editors, and scholars. The very idea that we are allowed to change history in some way gives us a sense of control whether or not its by way of a joke or seriously trying to give off aquired knowledge to other individuals. On pg 139, when the idea was faced that they needed credentials to contribute to the site and the chairman of the foundation disagreed and stated " I think what matters is the quality of the content, which we can improve by enforcing policies such  as 'cite your source', not he quality of the credentials showed by an editor'. In my opinion this shows that the overall credibiltiy of truth is not the concern but the advancement of information is the focus. The author also deals with the fact that our nature as human beings is to live under a system of chaos and confusion, whether we're the ones creating it or not we enjoy cruelty. And no I do not mean animal cruelty or implying we don't have a heart but looking at the reality of human behavior. Why is it that bad news travels so fast and why is it that when there is a retracting statement we have to look for positivity far more than we find negativity. The media overall is designed to have people question others and judge ethical behavior and the character of other and we all find comfort in that. Sometimes I wonder why I spend so much time on  the superficial.com or on a social network but then I realize it's all designed to make individuals feel a certain way and it is addicting. Wikipedia at it's best still is an amateur way of getting information with the same biases or probably more than even the news or the media because of it being individual opinions. Also you are unaware of the motives of the the people who choose to write about specific topics so the biases behind that are enough to disqualify the words as truth; I found it interesting that the author discussed the presidential election and the frequency of information changes of the canaidates during the process. People were able to use the site that some people use to obtain information to display their selfish rants, racist theolgy and biases. Overall due to the fact that wikipedia was built upon the ability to speak your mind and share information it becomes hard to deal with censorship.