- c laimed ▁om nis cience ▁of ▁collect ive ▁wisdom ▁( including ▁examples ▁such ▁as ▁the ▁Wikipedia ▁article ▁about ▁himself , ▁which ▁he ▁said ▁rec urrent ly ▁ex agger ates ▁his ▁film ▁direct ing ▁work ), ▁describing ▁it ▁as ▁" dig ital ▁Ma o ism ". ▁He ▁writes ▁" If ▁we ▁start ▁to ▁believe ▁that ▁the ▁Internet ▁itself ▁is ▁an ▁entity ▁that ▁has ▁something ▁to ▁say , ▁we ' re ▁de valu ing ▁those ▁people ▁[ cre ating ▁the ▁content ] ▁and ▁making ▁ourselves ▁into ▁id i ots ." ▁ ▁His ▁criticism ▁a ims ▁at ▁several ▁targets ▁which ▁concern ▁him ▁and ▁are ▁at ▁different ▁levels ▁of ▁abstra ction : ▁ ▁any ▁attempt ▁to ▁create ▁one ▁final ▁author itative ▁bott l ene ck ▁which ▁channels ▁the ▁knowledge ▁onto ▁society ▁is ▁wrong , ▁regardless ▁whether ▁it ▁is ▁a ▁Wikipedia ▁or ▁any ▁algorithm ically ▁created ▁system ▁producing ▁meta ▁information , ▁ ▁it ▁creates ▁a ▁false ▁sense ▁of ▁authority ▁behind ▁the ▁information , ▁ ▁ster ile ▁style ▁of ▁w iki ▁writing ▁is ▁und es irable ▁because : ▁ ▁it ▁removes ▁the ▁touch ▁with ▁the ▁real ▁author ▁of ▁original ▁information , ▁it ▁filters ▁the ▁subt le ty ▁of ▁his ▁opinions , ▁essential ▁information ▁( for ▁example , ▁the ▁graph ical ▁context ▁of ▁original ▁sources ) ▁is ▁lost , ▁ ▁collect ive ▁author ship ▁tends ▁to ▁produce ▁or ▁align ▁to ▁main stream ▁or ▁organiz ational ▁belief s , ▁ ▁he ▁wor ries ▁that ▁collect ively ▁created ▁works ▁may ▁be ▁manip ulated ▁behind ▁the ▁scenes ▁by ▁anonymous ▁groups ▁of ▁edit