[sustran] Re: "put our brains" together, for the benefit of all

[Walter Hook]

This is a good idea.  Wikipedia seems to pop up with all kinds of useful
and obscure information some of which may even be true!
 
w. 
 
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Subject: [sustran] "put our brains" together, for the benefit of all
 
Dear Fearless New Mobility Idea People,
 
If you pop into the site today, you will see a major new addition (on
the top menu): a series of links to something called a Wikipedia
<http://wikipedia.org> , and at the end of the day is nothing more
(hah!) than a peer-produced, expert, 100% open encyclopedia article on
our challenging topic (and its many extensions).
 
This is the latest wrinkle in our soon twenty-year long struggle here at
The Commons and the New Mobility Agenda to find ways to build up an
informal international expert consortium to "put our brains" together,
for the benefit of all.
 
So, I invite you to give it a try and then let me have your ideas on how
to extend and improve.  It already represents a pretty fair start
(That's the editor talking about his own stuff), but there is plenty of
room for you to join in.  With clarifications and additions at all
levels, 
 
You will also find on that page some clean links to background
information on how to access and use the Wikipedia for this and other
purposes.
 
I consider this an important step, and part of what I plan to be a major
overhaul of the entire New Mobility Agenda program. Until now we have
depended too much on one "center". Hey, it's the 21st century and the
real thing no longer works like that.  So let's get going on a
Self-Organizing Collaborative Network!!!
 
Off we go!
 
eb
 
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