It is interesting to see the reactions, but it just shows the change in how information is saved, disseminated and consumed, from analog to digital medium.
I am more worried about how many encyclopedias have closed in the last years. We are moving to a world where Wikipedia is the de facto encyclopedia. This have evolved faster than the concentration of media ownership,[1] and it is dangerous in my opinion. Furthermore, references are links to published works, and who decides what is published or not? The big media and publishing companies. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concentration_of_media_ownership 2015-07-14 22:22 GMT+02:00 Renata St <renataw...@gmail.com>: > Hi. > > So I saw this YouTube video yesterday about kids reacting to printed > encyclopedia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7aJ3xaDMuM&noredirect=1 > > It made me sad. And very fearful of the future of Wikipedia. > > These kids do not appreciate knowledge and information because they grew up > with its abundance. When I was growing up (and I am only 30), printed > encyclopedia was the only research tool. These kids will never know the > frustration when you tried looking something up in those dusty volumes only > to find minimal information ("stub") or, worse yet, nothing on the topic. > And the nagging feeling it left you with because your curiosity was not > satisfied and you thirsted for more, but there was nothing else! And so > when Wikipedia came around it was this wondrous thing where information was > seemingly limitless and endless. And it was expanding at dizzying speeds. > And you could add more! It was the answer to my childhood fantasy of having > the limitless encyclopedia that answered every questions. And it filed my > heart with joy and satisfaction not unlike the joy of a child in candy > story (yes, I am a geek). > > Those kids never deprived of knowledge and information will never know how > precious it is. They will not have the same love that is required to edit > Wikipedia and write quality articles. And it makes me sad. > > Renata > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
