W15 .what is the future of wikipedia? will it be exist in 20 years?- Tae joon Yoo

Nearly 20 years have passed since Wikipedia appeared. When Wikipedia first appeared, it seemed no different than other common Internet search sites. However, Wikipedia has become an encyclopedia with credibility and reputation comparable to the current encyclopedia.

Wikipedia also taught other lessons, as well as simply the accuracy of the dictionary. It teaches the value of participation, openness and sharing. Through this class, I learned that the concept of shared tragedy does not always apply. Wikipedia has transported knowledge around the world and taught them about participation and responsibility. In Wikipedia, maximizing individual interests has not resulted in all economic players losing their shared resources due to overspending. Instead, Wikipedia has taught us that more sharing makes us richer and everyone can benefit. Wikipedia has shown the collaboration and coexistence of individuals with collective intelligence.

The future of Wikipedia can be predicted by what Wikipedia has shown. Information and knowledge, which were organized and led by existing minority experts, has now been transformed into citizen-led ways. It has shown the evolution of journalism in which anyone can post and participate. Through this, Wikipedia will continue to destroy these  difficulty of acquiring  knowledge and weaken its authority over the organization of knowledge in the future. I also think that it could create a new form of media as well as Wikipedia.

As the time passes, i predict that the tendency of  participation and sharing knowledge and information would be stronger as the collective intelligence become stronger. So wikipedia will exist in 20years and also, it would become bigger collective intelligence information web.