The City of Information
"Wikipedia may be the closest thing to a metropolis yet seen online."
taken from: Wikipedia - Exploring Fact City, by Noam Cohen for the NYTimes
"...Like a city, Wikipedia is greater than the sum of its parts; for example, the random encounters there are often more compelling than the articles themselves. The search for information resembles a walk through an overbuilt quarter of an ancient capital. You circle around topics on a path that appears to be shifting. Ultimately the journey ends and you are not sure how you got there..."
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