This real-time map of the world as it updates Wikipedia entries is conceptually gorgeous. And it feels like a combination of superpowers—teleportation plus x-ray glasses plus mind-reading. Or something. The map only tracks the edits of unregistered users, which is only a small fraction of the action on Wikipedia.
Watching it is like watching the world think—at least the parts of the world that have computers, internet access, and a modicum of free time.
Here are some stills of someone in Seattle thinking about the Huskies basketball team, someone in Argentina thinking about leggings, someone in Iran thinking about a prominent member of the Chinese communist party, someone in Britain thinking about a Turkish soccer player, and more.
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Hat tip to Sgt Doom.
