Textbooks will be like wikis, with faculty adopters and students modifying text and contributing content. There still may be a role for the author as gatekeeper; but the textbook will know longer be the font of wisdom, and its writer will no longer control the table of contents.
教科书也可能发生类似的事情，特别是经济学教科书。每个人都会有自己关于经济学的观点和第一手经验。教科书将会如同维基百科，教员和学生可以修订教材、贡献内容。教材编写者或许还能起到看门人的作用，但教科书将不再是智慧前沿，教科书作者也将不再能够控制目录内容。