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Saturday Links

Jul 20, 2013

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1. Public Religion Research Institute: Survey | Do Americans Believe Capitalism and Government are Working?: Religious Left, Religious Right and the Future of the Economic Debate 2. Gallup reports Sub-Saharan Africa Is Wildly Optimistic About Its Future 3. U.S. could lead world oil production by 2017, study says Domestic shale oil production could shoot up…
Saturday Links

Nov 24, 2012

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mwkruse

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I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving. There are fewer links this week. Enjoy! 1. The last typewriter rolls off the assembly line. 2. Abraham Lincoln's spirituality has been a constant topic of debate among historians. The new Lincoln movie has resurfaced the debate. Film revives questions about Abraham Lincoln's faith, but offers few answers.…
Surmounting the Insurmountable: Wikipedia Is Nearing Completion, in a Sense

Oct 29, 2012

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in Social Media, Technology (Digital, Telecom, & Internet), Trends: Economic, Trends: Social

Atlantic: Surmounting the Insurmountable: Wikipedia Is Nearing Completion, in a Sense And that's something of a challenge for the collaborative encyclopedia going forward For about the last five years, Wikipedia has had trouble getting and keeping new volunteer editors. The foundation behind Wikipedia has made building up the editor base a major goal, and is…
After 244 Years, Encyclopaedia Britannica Stops the Presses

Mar 14, 2012

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in Capitalism and Markets, Education, Technology (Digital, Telecom, & Internet), Trends: Economic, Trends: Social

New York Times: After 244 Years, Encyclopaedia Britannica Stops the Presses After 244 years, the Encyclopaedia Britannica is going out of print. Those coolly authoritative, gold-lettered reference books that were once sold door-to-door by a fleet of traveling salesmen and displayed as proud fixtures in American homes will be discontinued, company executives said. In an…
Wikipedia Oops

Feb 28, 2007

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mwkruse

in Culture, Technology (Digital, Telecom, & Internet)

Freakonomics: Wikipedia Oops For the record, I do not hate Wikipedia, as I tried to make clear here. As a showcase of communal knowledge, it is astonishingly interesting and useful. But it is also, alas, a showcase of communal knowledge, which can lead to complications. There are other issues too. Back in July, Stacy Shiff…
Online Wikipedia is not Britannica – but it’s close

Jan 5, 2006

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mwkruse

in Business, Social Media, Technology (Digital, Telecom, & Internet)

When I was a kid, we had a set of Encyclopedia Britannica. (Copyright 1960, as I recall.) I remember hours spent occasionally leafing through the volumes. Sometimes I intently looked for specific information, and at other times I just randomly flipped through, looking at stuff that caught my eye. With the advent of the internet…

Tag: Wikipedia

Saturday Links

Saturday Links

Surmounting the Insurmountable: Wikipedia Is Nearing Completion, in a Sense

After 244 Years, Encyclopaedia Britannica Stops the Presses

Wikipedia Oops

Online Wikipedia is not Britannica – but it’s close