Since the advent of the internet and the coming of the digital age, historical information has steadily been posted to the web for anyone to access freely. One of the on-going discussions about this recent revolution has been about the accurate and reliable presentation of this information. Modern websites like Wikipedia have revolutionized the way in which people access information by allowing anybody with a notion to write on any topic and have it published for the rest of the world to see. This has consequently led to a "Wild West" of historical reporting. With so much information just a few clicks away, the digital age has allowed people of all backgrounds with a computer or a smart phone to access literally any topic.
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All of this leads me to one conclusion: the advances in information technology are growing faster and ever more complex as we continue into the digital age. In order to adapt to these advances historians must be contantly vigilant and thoughtful of modern tools like Wikipedia and the hundreds of other information data bases.
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