Jimmy Wales wrote:
Marc Riddell wrote:
Wikipedia is really interesting in a way, since it doesn't have any physical aspect, so it has to rely entirely on psychological aspects. Which, in fact, means the leader putting up with a lot of crap.
OK, Seth, I will (predictably) bite :-) - what psychological aspects are you speaking of?
Seriously, the whole "personality cult" thing loses all meaning if it automatically applies to anyone who has successfully led anything. Surely there must be some sort of leadership which involves something other than encouraging "cult" behaviors.
Personality cults don't need the collaboration of their object. The idolatry can be completely gratuitous.
Jesus and Mohammed have each had over a billion recruited into their cults, and they are no longer in a position to do anything about it.
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