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laodan discovered 3 months ago- Science 2.0: Great New Tool, or Great Risk? in Scientific American by M. Mitchell Waldrop
Wikis, blogs and other collaborative web technologies could usher in a new era of science. Or not. The explosively growing World Wide Web has rapidly transformed retailing, publishing, personal communication and much more. Innovations such as e-commerce, blogging, downloading and open-source software have forced old-line institutions to adopt whole new ways of thinking, working and doing business. Science could be next. A small but growing number of researchers--and not just the younger ones--have begun to carry out their work via the wide-open blogs, wikis and social networks of Web 2.0. And although their efforts are still too scattered to be called a movement--yet--their experiences to date suggest that this kind of Web-based "Science 2.0" is not only more collegial than the traditional variety, but considerably more productive. Science 2.0: Great New Tool, or Great Risk? The collective consciousness gained by web users has spun into a debate pitting greed and the personal gain of the few against free sharing and prosperity for all. It all started with free software that was followed by Open Source Software. After a few years of Open Source practice the Goliath Microsoft seems at a loss to imagine its future and is trying to absorb Yahoo in an effort to resemble the corporate winner in the Open Source movance. The Open Source software model has since been imitated in various fields. This article extends the model to the creation of scientific knowledge and the prospects are simply fascinating. Check the following article published on Open Business. It pushes the boundaries of the Open model to the societal; to the Open Society model that eliminates corruption... Eradicating the evil of corruption
- Science 2.0: Great New Tool, or Great Risk? in Scientific American by M. Mitchell Waldrop
