Comments on: David Weinberger video – LITA Forum 2009 http://litablog.org/2009/11/david-weinberger-video-lita-forum-2009/ Library and Information Technology Association Wed, 09 May 2012 13:58:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Quora http://litablog.org/2009/11/david-weinberger-video-lita-forum-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-243225 Quora Sat, 02 Apr 2011 09:58:50 +0000 http://litablog.org/?p=1732#comment-243225 <strong>Does having "mass" (more votes, hits, support, followers) make anything more relevant, right or valid? Is a mob more relevant than the individual?...</strong> Short answers: Certainly. Sometimes. Crowd-sourcing is part of the information-gathering process, and weighing crowd-sourced information is part of an individual's critical-thinking process. It is easy to argue that appealing to the broadest market di... Does having “mass” (more votes, hits, support, followers) make anything more relevant, right or valid? Is a mob more relevant than the individual?…

Short answers: Certainly. Sometimes. Crowd-sourcing is part of the information-gathering process, and weighing crowd-sourced information is part of an individual’s critical-thinking process. It is easy to argue that appealing to the broadest market di…

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