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| 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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Dale Hollis Hoiberg is a sinologist and has been the Editor-in-chief of the Encyclopædia Britannica since 1997, after succeeding Robert McHenry. In 2006, he had a brief debate with Jimmy Wales about the future viability of Britannica.
I can only assume Mr. Wales is being ironic when he says Britannica would have a hard time attracting the kind of talent that Misplaced Pages has. Britannica has published more than a hundred Nobel Prize winners and thousands of other well-known experts and scholars. Contrary to Misplaced Pages, Britannica's contributor base is transparent and not anonymous.
In that debate, Hoiberg also quotes Lewis Mumford 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."
Notes
- Hoiberg names some of the new 15-person board's members "some of the smartest people on Earth" July 21, 2005
- Will Misplaced Pages Mean the End Of Traditional Encyclopedias? September 12, 2006
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