The founders of Wikipedia and Connections (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connections_(TV_series) were considered to be outrageous when they dreamed of anyone being able to contribute his/her knowledge freely in an arena that anyone could access. This idea must be very threatening to scholars. Should we be concerned? How will we know what to believe?
The free sharing of books and other materials, the sharing of research possible via Web 2.0 are emphasizing collaboration rather than competition. Who does this threaten?
See the Open Forum from the San Francisco Chronicle. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/01/22/EDRTUJ346.DTL
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