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The signal-to-noise ratio there will be huge. Wouldn’t a normal multi-volume printed encyclopedia be way cheaper and less time and resource consuming?
by gdubs 7y ago
The signal-to-noise ratio there will be huge. Wouldn’t a normal multi-volume printed encyclopedia be way cheaper and less time and resource consuming?
- ThrowawayR2 7y agoWhere would you get a printed encyclopedia that's current? The only encyclopedia that I've heard of that's still actively being published is World Book Encyclopedia and that's meant for grade school children. Even the Encyclopedia Britannica released its final edition in 2010.
- dredmorbius 7y agoMost information usuful in a postindustrial society is over 100 years old.
- Cthulhu_ 7y agoI'm sure there's ways to automate what should and shouldn't be printed, or prioritize and group it somehow. If you'd make a printed version of wikipedia you'd also need a transformation to turn links into references to other pages.