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Knowledge (XXG) is an evolving project. While some of its biases — e.g. a preference for online sources — are probably inherent, others — generally the demographic ones — need not be. However, they will not be overcome by wishful thinking. We need to devote active effort to these matters, rather than
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As of this writing, Knowledge (XXG) is disproportionately white and male; disproportionately
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Knowledge (XXG) is biased toward over-inclusion of certain material pertaining to (for example) science fiction, contemporary youth culture, contemporary U.S. and UK culture in general, and anything already well covered in the
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While faculty are eminently welcome to participate, it should be pointed out that academics generally have their own preferred outlets for their work, and that
Knowledge (XXG) is largely a cooperative undertaking by laypeople: we are focused mainly on recruiting students and alumni of these
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institutions. In our experience, two of the best contributions faculty can make are (1) to encourage their students to participate, possibly for academic credit, and (2) to establish well-conceived
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