Deadline 1 - 진심이 CHEN XINYI


 1. Summary 

From the reading, we can see that Wikipedia and its related projects can be traced back to the early 20th century. Wikipedia was founded and run not only by free and open source software (FOSS) in the sciences of computing, but also by great ideas for "world peace" and the collective wisdom of the world. Philosophically speaking, a man's will will govern his actions. So the goodwill of the visionaries who hope for world peace has undoubtedly contributed greatly to the development of Wikipedia's non-profit operation.


2. Interesting point

For example, H. G. Wells’s,wants Wikipedia to be a "jig-saw puzzle" for solving global problems. H. G. Wells’s explains that Wikipedia works by bringing all the spiritual wealth of our world into something akin to a common understanding. In this way, people around the world can reach similar cognition of an event through Wikipedia, or can contact and understand the needs and views of people in different regions through Wikipedia. Such a Wikipedia would be more than just a sum of knowledge from an educational resource, it would be a global mediator.



3. Discussion

Although many people do not think that Wikipedia will bring world peace, I think that the goodwill of "world peace" is an important reason why Wikipedia was born. On the spiritual and cultural level, Wikipedia is undoubtedly conveying the universal value that people in the world are one. Like a bonfire party in the Internet, people from all over the world sit together, in different languages, across time and space, to discuss the same thing. I think Wikipedia and collective intelligence go hand in hand. In Chinese history and culture, "when many people gather firewood, the flame is high" and "one chopstick is easy to break, a pair of chopsticks is not easy to break" all emphasize the wisdom of crowds. The idea of collective intelligence originated in ancient societies.In the face of wild animals, ancient humans gathered together to resist the attack of wild animals. Therefore, as social animals, collective intelligence will undoubtedly surpass individual intelligence, making the group stronger and more powerful.

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  1. Lee EunsukMarch 19, 2023 at 5:56 AM

    The disadvantages caused by collective intelligence should also be examined carefully. As the saying goes, "If there are many ships, we will go to the mountains," we should think about what the right group intelligence is.

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    1. Lee EunsukMarch 19, 2023 at 4:51 PM

      "If there were many ships, we would go to the mountains." is not the case. "If there are many boatmen, the boat goes to the mountains."

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    2. 진심이 CHEN XINYIMarch 19, 2023 at 9:32 PM

      Yes, you're right. There are good and bad corporate wisdom. Because we know people have blind conformity, and that's why it's the elite groups that are involved in politics now.

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