nightmare stories, july 4th on d. w. ah, ah, books have been revered as magical objects. first centuries they contain the knowledge of all mankind. and they use words to give structure to the world s overwhelming chaos. but printed knowledge is yesterday s news. the encyclopedia has been replaced by wikipedia. but what does that mean for us? 55000000 articles in 300 languages, all written by volunteers. any one with a computer can add or change a text or write new articles any time they want. but how? wikipedia has replaced all other encyclopedia, are we now dependent on a monopoly? is every article, credible? what is fact and what is fiction? and just who are the writers ah ah, 2 net clues. why do volunteers from around the world spend their free time editing wikipedia? a freely licensed encyclopedia means every one can copy at every point sharon, you can do anything you want with it. it s a gift to the world. we keep a deep voice that it is an extremely visionary logic that