Main Concepts of The Hive by Marshall Poe

The first concept I picked from “The Hive” by Marchall Poe, was the openness of Wikipedia. Wikipedia is an online encyclopedia that anyone can attribute to. Some people say it works likes that, and some people say that it doesn’t work well like that. Since anyone can add, or delete or use information off of Wikipedia, it makes it less controversial because anyone can put their input into the website. Say you don’t agree with something, that’s alright because you can add your own opinion. This concept is important because it allows the author to give a good explanation on why this kind of group could work well with society. The second concept I picked was, knowledge. I picked this concept because the whole entire entry has to do with learning and knowledge. The reason was Wikipedia was created was to help with learning. This is important because if he did not care about people learning, he might have not created such a successful way of learning. I also picked this topic because I can relate it to the other essay we are going to match this with. The last concept I picked was contribution. I picked contribution because that is what Wikipedia is about. The whole idea of Wikipedia is so people can post what they want, about what they want, when they want. Every single month there are hundreds and hundreds of contributors that help make Wikipedia so successful. I also picked this topic because it can show us why this group works and others cannot. This concept is important to the essay because it shows without the help of contributors, Wikipedia would not be able to exist.