Linked by Smith Johnson on Wed 25th Jun 2008 19:14 UTC, submitted by pas de calais
In a recent interview with the British Sunday Observer, Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia, claimed that "it's the next billion [internet users] who will change the way we think". Such a big claim deserves some critical house room. Will the internet really change the way we think? Or are we just getting carried away? Gary Richmond explores the implications of the Wikipedia open source/free software knowledge paradigm and what it might mean for the way we think. You can read the full story at Freesoftware Magazine
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2006-02-15
After more than twenty five years of experience with the Internet, I can safely say that nobody thinks any differently now than they did a quarter century ago.
Easier access to data has changed the way people behave, but they still use it in the same ways they always have.