> being interconnected would make the world smarter and democratize knowledge. All that may be true, it may be out there, but it's damn hard to find. Wikipedia

> being interconnected would make the world smarter and democratize knowledge. All that may be true, it may be out there, but it's damn hard to find. Wikipedia does a damn fine job in my opinion. You can find decent, democratized knowledge on almost any topic complete with translation into your preferred language (if not on wiki, then through google translate). Or efforts like MIT's open course ware, which hosts lectures and syllabus materials on a variety of topics. There's also arxiv derivatives and a thriving black market (scihub, libgen, etc) of open access to research papers on any topic you'd like. Social media =/ the internet.