Basics of Social Development/ Changyu Jung

What is social development? The definition of social development varies person to person. Development means movement to the upper side with things like great energy and complexity. So, we can say that “Social Development” means societies’ changes into a better one with things like that. It can be results of human action or social evolution. There are some mechanisms in social development. Like governance, technical progress, cultural progress and education. Cultural progress is similar to moral progress. It contains things like human rights and gender equality. And education is also an important factor in social development. It helps people adjust to their societies. Also, it enhances the quality of lives by teaching people some practical skills. In addition, it helps people know critical values in their societies. Progress in governance is also significant. It means more complex and efficient organization. Like Bureaucracy. People have order of rank and get promoted according to their performances and skills. Ideals of governance are like these. Participation, empowerment, transparency, rule of law and efficiency. Wikipedia shows ideals of governance. People take part in making dictionary without pressure. And the power is distributed to everyone: editing. And there are some rules in Wikipedia, and people obey it. The most important rule in Wikipedia is like this: make a world’s biggest dictionary based on neutral information.

It’s very interesting that Wikipedia has the ideals of governance. People get no fortune by joining Wikipedia. They join Wikipedia and make dictionary to make social profit: a system of knowledge that is freely shared and accessible to all. I’ve never thought Wikipedia as a community. I’ve always thought it’s just a big dictionary. But there are uncountable people who’s trying to make the dictionary better for no fortune even now. Wikipedia is definitely a community consists of people who want to make society better. And the people are not recruited, they are like volunteers.

Now I wonder how Wikipedia could be an ideal community. It shows empowerment, rule of law, and participation. And how can we make our society better based on this Wikipedia model?

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