Larry Sanger on the Edge: a goldmine of philosophical assumptions to question

"WHO SAYS WE KNOW
On the New Politics of Knowledge" by Larry Sanger, an Edge original essay.

Here Larry Sanger frames Wikipedia's "epistemic egalitarianism" against Citizendium's "expert guidance" as a contest of "Truth" vs. "Equality" and favors the former over the latter, if forced to choose. A great many philosophical and political assumptions at play here.

Compare with Clay Shirkey's pointed critiques of many of these previously unstated assumptions (together with responses from many, including Larry Sanger), Larry Sanger, Citizendium, and the Problem of Expertise. Posted September 18, 2006.