{"product_id":"essays-on-free-knowledge-the-origins-of-wikipedia-and-the-new-politics-of-knowledge-paperback","title":"Essays on Free Knowledge: The Origins of Wikipedia and the New Politics of Knowledge - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLarry Sanger\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFor his long-awaited first book, Wikipedia co-founder Larry Sanger has revised some of his best essays on Wikipedia, intellectual autonomy, knowledge in the digital age, and how to fight back against the centralization of the Internet.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A fundamental player in the history of the modern Internet\" \u003ci\u003eSalon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A philosopher who explores the very nature and sources of knowledge\" \u003ci\u003eTechnology Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe digital revolution has been corrupted. What began as a celebration of freedom has become a machine for monitoring and control. What began as history's greatest dream of enlightenment has been twisted into an anti-intellectual nightmare of indoctrination.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn twelve essays, several already well-known but newly revised in this volume, Wikipedia co-founder Larry Sanger stakes out a hard-headed position in favor of the ideals of the digital revolution. At the same time he firmly rejects the disastrous na vet  that would have us abandon wisdom and autonomy, ignore subversion by bad actors, and blindly trust unaccountable, giant corporations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSanger concludes with a new essay on the problems facing the free Internet, available only in this book.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe essays (270 pgs.): \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Early History of Nupedia and Wikipedia: A Memoir\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eTwo Early Articles about Wikipedia\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWikipedia's Original Neutrality Policy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhy Neutrality?\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWhy Wikipedia Must Jettison Its Anti-Elitism\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow the Internet Is Changing What (We Think) We Know\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWho Says We Know: On the New Politics of Knowledge\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIndividual Knowledge in the Internet Age\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIs There a New Geek Anti-Intellectualism?\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIntroducing the Encyclosphere\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDeclaration of Digital Independence\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe Future of the Free Internet\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.57 x 8.5 x 5.51 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 19, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47465898967218,"sku":"9781735795416","price":25.31,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/34f119421a417e2a75c66afdab17b7f1.webp?v=1779006666","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/essays-on-free-knowledge-the-origins-of-wikipedia-and-the-new-politics-of-knowledge-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}