Hi Billy, On Oct 14, 2014, at 11:47 PM, BILROJ via Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community <[email protected]> wrote:
> Why would a foundation underwrote such a project? I can't be sure > but aren't there foundations with an interest in online "libraries"? > What about online public education ? Or adult education ? > > Maybe funding would be less problematic if a foundation dealt just with > political issues, or religion, or society. Then you could leave the hard > sciences > part of an encyclopedia to people at MIT or Cal Tech or IIT. > > > There might even be $$ to be made. For instance, provide a service available > for a price in which the editors would act as agents for talented writers who > are experts in various fields. If, say, a business wanted a series of studies > about US demography as projected state-by-state for 2020, 2030, 2040, > the encyclopedia could set this up and receive an agent's fee. But there > might be other kinds of ways to earn money through the project. > > > The larger point would be providing the best available -RELIABLE- > information to all Americans, however, a service that would mostly cost money > but pay off in an informed citizenry. It is not a bad idea. Google took a stab at it with Knol, and I'm pretty sure there were a bunch of startups trying to do "curated" alternatives to Wikipedia. Have you done any research about what has and hasn't been tried yet? -- Ernie P. > -- -- Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community <[email protected]> Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
