"Like a reflection in a funhouse mirror, my vision appears to me in a twisted, monstrous form, which I disown. Wikipedia is of no great help to truth-seekers. I would prefer to be known as the project's ex-founder."
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"Wikipedia's moral decline...reflects that of the larger Internet. ... Even more fundamentally, what the decline of Wikipedia and social media have in common is the concentration...of authority on the Internet."
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"...placing so much power in the hands of Internet executives undermines us, our relationships, our minds, even our sanity, and ultimately our politics. Who knew this would happen...? ... It is all too plain now."
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