#385 – Jimmy Wales: Wikipedia

from Lex Fridman Podcast

by Lex Fridman

Published: Sun Jun 18 2023

Show Notes

Jimmy Wales is the co-founder of Wikipedia. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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OUTLINE:
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()– Introduction
()– Origin story of Wikipedia
()– Design of Wikipedia
()– Number of articles on Wikipedia
()– Wikipedia pages for living persons
()– ChatGPT
()– Wikipedia’s political bias
()– Conspiracy theories
()– Facebook
()– Twitter
()– Building Wikipedia
()– Wikipedia funding
()– ChatGPT vs Wikipedia
()– Larry Sanger
()– Twitter files
()– Government and censorship
()– Adolf Hitler’s Wikipedia page
()– Future of Wikipedia
()– Advice for young people
()– Meaning of life