http://economics.com.au/?p=5046 Commentary on economics, strategy and more Thu, 17 May 2012 02:40:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://economics.com.au/?p=5046&cpage=1#comment-151748 kme Tue, 02 Feb 2010 13:12:26 +0000 http://economics.com.au/?p=5046#comment-151748 It's more than just ease of access for Wikipedia - more importantly perhaps is breadth (how much information do you suppose Britanica has on the Narita Express or F-111?) - and of course, timeliness.  There's a tradeoff between timeliness and accuracy, but people seem to have voted with their feet that they want the tradeoff to be tilted more in the timeliness direction. It’s more than just ease of access for Wikipedia – more importantly perhaps is breadth (how much information do you suppose Britanica has on the Narita Express or F-111?) – and of course, timeliness.  There’s a tradeoff between timeliness and accuracy, but people seem to have voted with their feet that they want the tradeoff to be tilted more in the timeliness direction.

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