1) The older the claimed "collective intelligence" is, the less useful it is
to a coherent understanding of the current state of knowledge, with a
fall-off rate that is greater than logarithmic. This is not just Huber, its
everyone.
2) The bulk of the useful data is recent, and the more recent date is both
more useful, and cited much more often.
ΒΆ
I am just glad that not everyone takes this position, particularly libraries and other archivists.
"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it" (George Santayana).
On the other hand, "If memories were all I sang, i rather drive a truck" (Rick Nelson).
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