Mass Collabo, Wiki Wiki, Mass Collabo

Stop! Read it again. Yes.

Now read it again.

Okay. You are an official old school DJ! (Crowd cheers!)

So, that was my very corny way of demonstrating how cool I think mass collaboration really is. Where am I going with this? No freaking where, really. I think mass collaboration is one of those things that it is just inevitable. With our very wired and extremely connected global communities that are being created everywhere, every second, we now have the apparatus for mass collaboration i.e. Wikipedia. This is pretty darn cool! I’m contributing to wikis with people from across the globe! I don’t know these people!

Of course, certain contributions will be more significant than others. Duh. Inevitably, the questions of “what is credible?” and “who is credible?” will arise and make us question very nature of credibility itself. Finally, we find ourselves encumbered in endless philosophical discourse – which I find quite stimulating and intriguing – that ultimately conclude in metaphysical existential inquiries! However, at the end of the day, we will visit our wikis and make friends with our co-contributors. We will agree to disagree, and get on with our lives. Yet, we may feel a bit bothered by the possibility of inaccuracy, but we will move on with our lives, nonetheless.

Can we trust Wikipedia and the lot of wikis? Sometimes yes, sometimes no. I still think we will constantly arrive at the question of “who is the omnipotent author-editor?” of some sorts, and I don’t think we should be looking for that person-entity. We must face it! Mass collaboration, wikis, and all that forces us to reposition human knowledge as we know it. What does it mean “to know?” -this is an ultimate question. I think we must all position ourselves in socratic thought for a moment and proclaim that indeed we are are all fools. The truth ( or that which is credible) will raise itself, and it will be known. If truth does not emerge as such, then untruth will. We must face that fact, as well. Wiki, wiki right? Or wiki, wiki wrong? –Official DJ status.