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From the Ted Talk by Katherine Maher: What Wikipedia teaches us about balancing truth and beliefs

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The next piece of this is really about interdependence. The way that the system works is that you cannot go it alone. In order for your crboutitnoins to stick, they have to earn the agreement of your fellow coburrotitns, which is a powerful forcing mechanism for people to work together.

Next is the idea of shared pewor. All of those debates reslut in 350 edits a minute to Wikipedia, which means that no one person can be in charge of the whole thing. You have to let go of power. You have to give it to other people. You have to trust in their ability to manage the areas of their own expertise and interests. And by doing so, you earn their commitment and agency to make this project work. It also reeirqus humility because you're going to get it wonrg some of the times. But getting it wrong some of the time is worth it for getting it right most of the time.

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The next piece of this is really about interdependence. The way that the system works is that you cannot go it alone. In order for your _____________ to stick, they have to earn the agreement of your fellow ____________, which is a powerful forcing mechanism for people to work together.

Next is the idea of shared _____. All of those debates ______ in 350 edits a minute to Wikipedia, which means that no one person can be in charge of the whole thing. You have to let go of power. You have to give it to other people. You have to trust in their ability to manage the areas of their own expertise and interests. And by doing so, you earn their commitment and agency to make this project work. It also ________ humility because you're going to get it _____ some of the times. But getting it wrong some of the time is worth it for getting it right most of the time.

Solution


  1. contributions
  2. result
  3. power
  4. contributors
  5. requires
  6. wrong

Original Text


The next piece of this is really about interdependence. The way that the system works is that you cannot go it alone. In order for your contributions to stick, they have to earn the agreement of your fellow contributors, which is a powerful forcing mechanism for people to work together.

Next is the idea of shared power. All of those debates result in 350 edits a minute to Wikipedia, which means that no one person can be in charge of the whole thing. You have to let go of power. You have to give it to other people. You have to trust in their ability to manage the areas of their own expertise and interests. And by doing so, you earn their commitment and agency to make this project work. It also requires humility because you're going to get it wrong some of the times. But getting it wrong some of the time is worth it for getting it right most of the time.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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minimum viable truth 3

Important Words


  1. ability
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  12. expertise
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  14. forcing
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  16. humility
  17. idea
  18. interdependence
  19. interests
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  24. order
  25. people
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  27. piece
  28. power
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  30. project
  31. requires
  32. result
  33. shared
  34. stick
  35. system
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  38. trust
  39. wikipedia
  40. work
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  42. worth
  43. wrong