The common element between Wikipedia, the MSM, and the blogosphere is the need to trust but verify what you see and read. Open source software (Firefox, Linux, OpenOffice), the Internet,
and markets have tremendous advantages over proprietary systems and
government-sanctioned monopolies (ok, that’s redundant), in part
because they can more rapidly evolve. Even Google’s searches are based
on self organization
in the same way that prices are. In short, just as no single blog is
the ultimate source of wisdom, Wikipedia is not either. Then again,
even Encyclopedia Britannica misses some of the great contributors to culture. The great thing is that so many people enjoy fisking that they’ve done half the work for you.