The Wikipedia Lifestyle

A thought occurred during a conversation today. I was discussing schizotypal personality disorders and the modern continuum view of psychological profiles when the subject of Wikipedia came up as I often use it as a first resource into research topics. My friend almost jokingly reminisced of a time where my friend Courtney and I used to argue about random topics to the point where one of us would say "Wikipedia!" and the argument was solved.



My friend asked me if I was still using Wikipedia and it got me thinking. Wikipedia isn't a phase or a passing fad, Wikipedia is a lifestyle characterized by the quest for certainty and understanding! Why suffer the ramifications of ignorance when the answer is a click away?

I've often told people, somewhat whimsically, "Wikipedia is the sum of human knowledge!" We are at the brink of the information age and the Neohuman's goal is not the quest for personal gain but the desire for self-improvement and knowledge! Not just for the individual but for the community, our society, our friends and family and the human race! Humans are at a point where our technological progress has put us in a unique and precarious position with both the power to realize the ultimate destiny and the power to remove our species from it entirely.

Wikipedia is a step towards the former.



P.S. I think this is my first REAL actual blog post ever!