Wikipedia Gets Bound
Since 2001, Wikipedia has been an online source of unofficial information to knowledge seekers of all ages. It has been seen as a front to classic bound encyclopedias from reputable sources and authors. Luckily, Rob Matthews pacified die hard encyclopedia readers by binding Wikipedia into a 5,000 page book that is 1 foot 7 inches think and includes 437 articles from the website.
Matthews made the book as a statement about how people rely too much on the internet these days no matter how true or false the information they read might be. He chose the articles based on their “quality of referencing, accuracy, neutrality, completeness and style.” It is in the same format as a regular encyclopedia, only a much, much larger width. The book has had a very positive response that Matthews hopes to take advantage of by selling copies in the future.
“Matthews made the book as a statement about how people rely too much on the internet these days no matter how true or false the information they read might be.”
He’s certainly not making a lot of sense, that’s for sure. Anyone can publish a book. Anyone can put their crazy, false, misleading information in a book. Wikipedia gives people a forum to vet and qualify that information with context.
Relying on the internet too much? One could argue we’ve relied on books for too long.
Putting it another way, what makes anything on Kindle any more/less accurate that what we find in a physical book?