Jimmy Wales is the guy I wanted to talk about.
Jimmy Wales democritized knowledge production and distribution. He brought it out of the academia and publishing dungeons, and brought it to the layperson's keyboard.
You and I can write what we know about, someone who knows more will add to it, someone will dispute it - all in the open. There is no ubermench sitting on judgment about the matter.
No mediation, no authority, no hierachy: everyone has a voice and as long as it speaks reason, you are on.
That is the significance of Jimmy Wales. May his tribe grow.
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