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| '''Dale Hollis Hoiberg''' is a ] and has been the Editor-in-chief of the '']'' since 1997, after succeeding ].<ref> July 21, 2005</ref> In 2006, he had a brief debate with Jimmy Wales about the future viability of Britannica.<ref> September 12, 2006</ref> | |||
| '''Dale Hollis Hoiberg''' is a ] and was the ] of the '']'' from 1997<ref name=wsj>{{cite news |url=https://www.wsj.com/public/article/SB115756239753455284-A4hdSU1xZOC9Y9PFhJZV16jFlLM_20070911.html |title=Will Misplaced Pages Mean the End Of Traditional Encyclopedias? |date=September 12, 2006 |publisher=] |accessdate=October 1, 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160115195822/http://www.wsj.com/public/article/SB115756239753455284-A4hdSU1xZOC9Y9PFhJZV16jFlLM_20070911.html |archivedate=January 15, 2016 }}</ref> to 2015.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2017-10-31 |title=People You Should Know |url=https://siouxfalls.business/people-you-should-know-17/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125232852/https://www.siouxfalls.business/people-you-should-know-17/ |archive-date=2021-01-25 |access-date=2024-11-21 |work=SiouxFalls.business}}</ref> He holds a ] degree in ] and began to work for ''Encyclopædia Britannica'' as an index editor in 1978.<ref name="wsj"/> In 2010, Hoiberg co-authored a paper with Harvard researchers Jean-Baptiste Michel and ] entitled "Quantitative Analysis of Culture Using Millions of Digitized Books". The paper was the first to describe the term ].<ref>{{cite news|last=Bradt|first=Steve|title=Oh, the humanity|url=http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2010/12/cultural-genome/|accessdate=December 2, 2011|newspaper=Harvard Gazette|date=December 16, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last=Michel|first=J.-B. |author2=Shen, Y. K. |author3=Aiden, A. P. |author4=Veres, A. |author5=Gray, M. K. |author6=Pickett, J. P. |author7=Hoiberg, D. |author8=Clancy, D. |author9=Norvig, P. |author10=Orwant, J. |author11=Pinker, S. |author12=Nowak, M. A. |author13=Aiden, E. L.|title=Quantitative Analysis of Culture Using Millions of Digitized Books|journal=Science|date=December 16, 2010|volume=331|issue=6014|pages=176–182|doi=10.1126/science.1199644|pmid=21163965|pmc=3279742}}</ref> | |||
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| {{quote|I can only assume Mr. Wales is being ironic when he says Britannica would have a hard time attracting the kind of ] that Misplaced Pages has. Britannica has published more than a hundred ] winners and thousands of other well-known experts and scholars. Contrary to Misplaced Pages, Britannica's contributor base is ] and not ].}} | |||
| In that debate, Hoiberg also quotes ] suggesting that an information explosion might prompt some to waste time learning endless trivia: "Not only would lots of information fail to make us smarter; it would actually make us dumber by overwhelming us." | |||
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Latest revision as of 22:20, 21 November 2024
British sinologistDale Hollis Hoiberg is a sinologist and was the editor-in-chief of the Encyclopædia Britannica from 1997 to 2015. He holds a PhD degree in Chinese literature and began to work for Encyclopædia Britannica as an index editor in 1978. In 2010, Hoiberg co-authored a paper with Harvard researchers Jean-Baptiste Michel and Erez Lieberman Aiden entitled "Quantitative Analysis of Culture Using Millions of Digitized Books". The paper was the first to describe the term culturomics.
References
- ^ "Will Misplaced Pages Mean the End Of Traditional Encyclopedias?". The Wall Street Journal. September 12, 2006. Archived from the original on January 15, 2016. Retrieved October 1, 2010.
- "People You Should Know". SiouxFalls.business. 2017-10-31. Archived from the original on 2021-01-25. Retrieved 2024-11-21.
- Bradt, Steve (December 16, 2010). "Oh, the humanity". Harvard Gazette. Retrieved December 2, 2011.
- Michel, J.-B.; Shen, Y. K.; Aiden, A. P.; Veres, A.; Gray, M. K.; Pickett, J. P.; Hoiberg, D.; Clancy, D.; Norvig, P.; Orwant, J.; Pinker, S.; Nowak, M. A.; Aiden, E. L. (December 16, 2010). "Quantitative Analysis of Culture Using Millions of Digitized Books". Science. 331 (6014): 176–182. doi:10.1126/science.1199644. PMC 3279742. PMID 21163965.
External links
- Hoiberg names some of the new 15-person board's members "some of the smartest people on Earth"
- Will Misplaced Pages Mean the End Of Traditional Encyclopedias?, Jimmy Wales debates Dale Hoiberg (subscription required)
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