Wikipedia is useful for lots of things but mainly it's a great refutation of the concept of a "marketplace of ideas" - the tech-libertarian conception of wiki had people competing individually to produce good articles and good edits would drive out bad. 1/2
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Replying to @CovfefeAnon @parallaxoptics
Instead it fell under the control of an group of people who played as a team to support one another in making ideologically motivated edits. So many lessons there. 2/2
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Metahacking of the marketplace of ideas. First, install insane epistemology in almost everyone - "always and only accept consensus ideas by reputable institutions" Second, infiltrate and dominate every imaginable reputable institution and set the consensus yourself
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Yes. A very useful tool for installing rule one in lots of people - make it look scary to drift away from using "credible, consensus" sources by supporting insane positions and having those positions stick around forever.
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