What makes Wikipedia really extraordinary is that it improves over time, organically healing itself as if its huge and growing army of tenders were an immune system, ever vigilant and quick to respond to anything that threatens the organism. And like a biological system, it evolves, selecting for traits that help it stay one step ahead of the predators and pathogens in its ecosystem
Keys: organically healing itself, it evolves by staying one step ahead
The true miracle of Wikipedia is that this open system of amateur user contributions and edits doesn't simply collapse into anarchy. Instead, it has somehow self-organized the most comprehensive encyclopedia in history.
Keys: no anarchy, self-organized
Nice wording of the global brain behavior.
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