User talk:Adamhummell

Wikipedia as the best design of the twentieth century

Wikipedia is a collection of knowledge, a massive search database that links arts, science, athletics, culture, fine arts and the many disciplines of our world into a single entity. This search engine surpases many of the greatest design feats accomplished in this century. The basis of Wikipedia is that it is open to be written by experts and amateurs alike. Absolutely anybody is welcome to offer their opinion, create new subject and edit subjects that were misrepresented. This being said, this encyclopedia has been created by many people, allowing for freedom of thought and freedom of speech. No subjects are tabooed, or fall victim to a publishing company that must uphold a certain standard of policy.

Wikipedia is an important breakthrough in the push for freedom of thought, and an open forum for learning. Wikipedia has challenged written work, and published work by allowing works to be reinterpreted by many, giving rise to the possibility that true unbiased conclusions might be reached. Wikipedia, unlike any other sourcebook, can actually be redefined over and over as needed. In the many disciplines of this world, there are never any final answers, and Wikipedia is an important artifact to force us to remember that.

Human culture often suffers from believing in conclusions and absolutes

What makes Wikipedia special and award winning is that conclusions and absolutes are impossible, and that there is never one way. Wikipedia brings the free thinkers of this world together and invites anybody on this planet to participate in the logging of human history. In many ways it turns “them” into you.