Part of RethinkingWikiTwentyTwo. "building long term value" taken from SunirShah, private conversation 20220111, in contrast to: "surfing the foam", maybe SurfingTheFoam, describing SocialMedia experience. I invite discussion around these topics. -- HelmutLeitner

Notes (how do these connect to existing MBW pages?)

• The most efficient form to build long term (intellectual) value is still the printed book.
  • Exception: when a project like WikiPedia can provide content quality and longterm virtual existence.

• Hypotheses:
  • Wiki is a system for authors, not for everyone. Only about 5-6% of the population has writing ambitions.
    • btw. In the meantime, during the past decade, a special class of writing apps has appeared: Scrivener, Ulysses, Papyrus, ... that address the needs of fiction and non-fiction authors. It might be interesting to see how WikiForWritingBooks is doing, and what WikiEngines and WritingApps can learn from each other.