Editing World Brain (section)

====Wikipedia as a World Brain====

A number of commentators have suggested that Wikipedia represents the World Brain as described by Wells.<ref name=Reagle />{{rp|24}}<ref>Joseph Stromberg, [https://www.vox.com/2015/2/23/8078973/hg-wells-wikipedia In 1937, H.G. Wells predicted Wikipedia. But he thought it'd lead to world peace], [[Vox.com]], 23 February 2015.</ref> [[Joseph Reagle]] has compared Wells's warning about the need to defend the World Encyclopedia from [[propaganda]] with Wikipedia's [[WP:Neutral point of view|"Neutral Point of View"]] norm:

<blockquote>In keeping with the universal vision, and anticipating a key Wikipedia norm, H. G. Wells was concerned that his ''World Brain'' be an "encyclopedia appealing to all mankind", and therefore it must remain open to corrective criticism, be skeptical of myths (no matter how "venerated") and guard against "narrowing propaganda". This strikes me as similar to the pluralism inherent in the Wikipedia "Neutral Point of View" goal of "representing significant views fairly, proportionately, and without bias".<ref name=Reagle />{{rp|26}}</blockquote>