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If assets = elitism


Toward a New Compendium of Knowledge

In Toward a New Compendium of Knowledge, Larry Sanger, one of the co-founders of Wikipedia, explains the rationale behind his new project, Citizendium. He writes, “I always have been an enormous fan of Wikipedia, and I still am. But I now want to help launch something better, if that’s possible. Let me explain why I [...]

The Party’s Over

In “The Party’s Over,” the NY Times lament the loss of the book parties of the halcyon days of publishing. Why throw a party for a book? Fran Lebowitz, the veteran partygoer and writer, says that it is for the author: “When you finish a book — not that I have a lot of experience [...]

Huh. NY Times Pretty Elitist. Huh.

I read the NY Times. I skim the headlines about three times a day, usually read at least two full articles off the site, and I often link to the NY Times when I’m looking for an authoritative source. Now, I know the NY Times is often called a liberal elitist newspaper, but being a [...]

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