10. Wikiwhat?
In 2001, one can only imagine how silly Wikipedia would have sounded. A community-maintained online encyclopedia? Anyone can add to it? That’s just silly. The skeptics were aplenty. The notion that a hodgepodge of anonymous internet users could create something reliable, let alone coherent, was met with raised eyebrows and dismissive chuckles.
Yet, as someone entrenched in the early days of explaining this digital quixotic quest, the tide of doubt only reinforced the resolve. Wikipedia didn’t just swim against the current; it became the current, shaping how we consume information. Just remember, it’s still not well-suited for serious research purposes.