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_ Meta Discussion _ Knowledge Ecology : Sustainable and Unsustainable

Posted by: Jon Awbrey

In its impact on the ecology of knowledge, Wikipedia amounts to a non-sustainable exploitation of cultural resources.

Wikipedia is analogous to a multinational timber conglomerate that clear-cuts living forests to crank out its lumber and its pulp, with no understanding of the living system that it sucks on like a destructive parasite.

— 17 Jan 2011 • http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article/comments/view?f=/c/a/2011/01/14/BUEM1H8L3D.DTL&plckFindCommentKey=CommentKey:e63f1cfd-edca-4c3f-98b3-3160267c6208
— 18 Jan 2011 • http://www.sacbee.com/2011/01/18/3332105/jess3-launches-the-state-of-wikipedia.html#comment-130650889
— 18 Jan 2011 • http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2011/01/all-star-thinkers-on-wikipedias-10th-anniversary/69523/#comment-131137308
— 21 Jan 2011 • http://chronicle.com/article/Wikipedia-Comes-of-Age/125899#comment90306
— 07 Feb 2011 • http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/JonAwbrey/the-truth-according-to-wi_b_819247_76606699.html