Vision for W3C
Chris Wilson,
W3C,
Jul 25, 2023
Among other things, the W3C says, "Our vision is for a World Wide Web that is more inclusive, and more respectful of its users: a Web that supports truth over falsehood, people over profits, humanity over hate." Ben Werdmuller comments on this item: "I like this sentiment a lot but it also has the potential to cause accidental harms. Who defines truth? W3C members? Someone else?" I want to just say "nobody defines it, truth is just truth," but of course it's not that simple. Nobody has a handle on truth, and there are many points of view. But you can define truth as (minimally) the 'absence of deception' and work toward that by working on (say) on standards of provenance from original sources. Not perfect, not even close, but better than just abandoning the field.
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