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+{{cquote|My story I think is like one of millions. I use Wikipedia every day several times a day as a natural extension of my moment-to-moment thought process. I think of something I want to know more about, I go to my search engine and type in "wiki - subject" and in an instant I am rewarded with relevant information and insight.
+I find in an instant almost for free what a few years ago, sometimes at great expense, took hours or weeks. I get comprehensive overviews. I get constructive direction for more in depth exploration. For simple factual material I get "simple factual material." For controversial topics I get relevant and civil debate. Think of a subject from the origins of pizza to the origins of the Universe and within seconds I am well informed.
+It may seem a cliche, but for me it is profoundly real. With the Wikipedia I feel plugged into a universal, shared human mind. There is nothing mystical or mysterious about it. It isn't hard to visualize and understand. I think, other people think, and through the remarkable human achievement of electronic communications I am instantly connected to the organized thoughts of millions of other people dedicated to constructive cooperation through the exchange of information and knowledge.
+The Wikipedia makes ideas like "we are all connected" a grounded reality. It makes me hopeful our global community, one individual at a time, will find other mass-cooperation approaches to solve some of our larger cross-cultural problems.
+Maybe that is too much to hope for. But it's inspiring to have an example like the Wikipedia to remind me that what seemed an impossible dream just a decade ago is now an everyday reality integrated into the moment-to-moment fabric of my life. }}
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 {{cquote|I am a struggling FP in a very poor rural community in WV. I am the doctor nurse and social worker at my clinic and my volunteer husband is the receptionist, IT and billing clerk. We see lots of people w/o ins for a minimal fee. I go to Wikipedia for quick medical information because it is accurate, free and I don't have to look up passwords to get the info THANKS for being there. }}