The one thing I'd agree with you on is that the wikipedia model is not in fact generalizable at all. It remains the n=1 sample proof point of too many arguments.
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I think the future is knowledge being embedded in context-aware information toolchains. Tvtropes points to the future better than wikipedia, though it captures a not-quite-functional knowledge.
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I'm all for that kind of polycentric-narrative post-canonicity local truth ground world. I'd rather be an eager, great citizen of tvtropes than a reluctant, coerced one of the local town hall overrun by NIMBYs.
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I think that is not an ideal world. I think what you call lolcow watching is actually the beginning of a default, and serious new cognitive mode. It's only bunnyholing if there's a main canonical-path to get distracted from. Ironic bunnyholing = recognizing your canon is local
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