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I mean sure, but why would Joe random citizen ever go to a library when Wikipedia exists? Seems like libraries are _only_ for academics and record keepers now.

• ilrwbwrkhv 3y ago
  Because again we have not made learning fun. It is no longer cool to be learned.
• bagful 3y ago
  A Wikipedia article is at best a shallow introduction to a subject that wouldn’t fill out one chapter in a cheap paperback; and at worst a fact-hoarder’s opiate, an indiscriminate mass of motivated opinion and decontextualized facts that really only serve as edutainment. I used to think the internet democratized information, and then I learned about books. Article-readers don’t know what they miss out on; in its current form, the internet primarily serves to make people feel informed. I find that far more insidious than censorship.