Digital Maoism- Podcast of the Day
By Paul
Radio National’s Philosophers Zone asks ‘Is a free market in ideas a good idea?’ More than two centuries ago, Adam Smith, the great theorist of capitalism, argued that the free market was a self-correcting mechanism: a lot of people seeking profits for themselves would produce general public benefit. But does it work with ideas? Can there be an encyclopaedia that corrects itself, as it grows ever larger on the Web?
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