On Sep 22, 2008, at 9:47 PM, WJhonson(a)aol.com wrote:
Knol is only a few months old, but already it seems
like a much
more Randian
approach to the underlying issue than Wikipedia. That is, each
artist is
allowed to fully express their art-form in their own way, and the
best art
rises to the top of the heap. That's the intent, it may not yet be
the fact. It
may never be. We'll see.
This does not seem any more Randian than blogging does.
I mean, not that I disagree with your basic conclusion, but there's no
real reason to tie the observation that Knol is personality-driven
while Wikipedia attempts to meld personalities into a consistent
amalgamation to controversial schools of political thought.
-Phil