维基百科成立25年以来，很少有网站像它这样对网络的发展如此关键。如今，它与现代互联网的大部分面貌形成鲜明对比。
by Richard Cooke. A quarter-century on from its founding, few sites have been as central to the development of the web as Wikipedia, which today stands in contrast to much of the modern internet.
《纽约时报》一位评论家写道：“社交媒体平台靠煽动用户更原始的本能来拉动参与度，而维基百科仍然围绕着人类好奇心那种古雅的乐趣运转。它不为某个科技亿万富翁牟利，而是以非营利方式运营。”这本“轻松活泼的新史”讲述了它的创立、波折与成功。可在你当地的书店购买《互联网上最后的最佳之地》。
“While social media platforms fuel engagement by egging on users’ baser instincts, Wikipedia still revolves around the quaint pleasures of human curiosity,” a New York Times critic writes. “Instead of enriching a tech billionaire, it is run as a nonprofit.”This book — “a jaunty new history” — tells the tale of its founding, its travails, and its success. Buy The Last Best Place on the Internet from your local bookstore.