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.. and lo, countless hours were lost going down the Wikipedia rabbit hole.

There are much worse ways to lose hours than in Wikipedia. A lot of my general knowledge comes from constantly looking up topics I encounter on Wikipedia.

Try a new dish at a restaurant? I look it up. Interesting origin story and nutritional information.

Indeed!

I also use it a lot to discover new music.

And geography! I hated geography in school. After school my interest in geography has increased sharply. Wikipedia and Google Maps are indispensable for that kind of stuff.

Interesting, can you go into more detail about how you discover new music? I used to use Discogs quite a bit, but I think there is more potential for "discoverability" on Wikipedia in some sense.

Global productivity loss not experienced since the release of Doom

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