It’s a good thing that philosophy has been a lifelong interest of mine and that I intend to be an administrator of, as well as a contributor to, the Living Philosophy Wiki for the rest of my life. I could easily write just a little bit of philosophy in the wiki almost every day, until the end of my days. Even if I ended up being the only person who ever contributed anything to it, it would still end up being a big online book. If not for that thought, and if not for reading an article in the Guardian about the 1% rule, I might be feeling a little bit discouraged, right about now. Nobody besides me has yet created or edited any content in the wiki. Of course, I’ve only announced it in two places – here in this blog and in one forum to which I belong. It’s only about a week old.

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