#385 – Jimmy Wales: Wikipedia

Jimmy Wales is the co-founder of Wikipedia. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:<br /> – Hexclad Cookware: https://hexclad.com/lex and use code LEX to get 10% off<br /> – Eight Sleep: https://www.eightsleep.com/lex to get special savings<br /> – House of Macadamias: https://houseofmacadamias.com/lex and use code LEX to get 20% off your first order Transcript: https://lexfridman.com/jimmy-wales-transcript EPISODE LINKS:<br /> Jimmy’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/jimmy_wales<br /> Jimmy’s Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Wales<br /> Donate to Wikipedia: https://donate.wikimedia.org<br /> WT.Social: https://wt.social/ PODCAST INFO:<br /> Podcast website: https://lexfridman.com/podcast<br /> Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2lwqZIr<br /> Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2nEwCF8<br /> RSS: https://lexfridman.com/feed/podcast/<br /> YouTube Full Episodes: https://youtube.com/lexfridman<br /> YouTube Clips: https://youtube.com/lexclips SUPPORT & CONNECT:<br /> – Check out the sponsors above, it’s the best way to support this podcast<br /> – Support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/lexfridman<br /> – Twitter: https://twitter.com/lexfridman<br /> – Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lexfridman<br /> – LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lexfridman<br /> – Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lexfridman<br /> – Medium: https://medium.com/@lexfridman OUTLINE:<br /> Here’s the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time.<br /> (00:00) – Introduction<br /> (05:10) – Origin story of Wikipedia<br /> (11:14) – Design of Wikipedia<br /> (18:07) – Number of articles on Wikipedia<br /> (24:18) – Wikipedia pages for living persons<br /> (45:11) – ChatGPT<br /> (58:42) – Wikipedia’s political bias<br /> (1:04:46) – Conspiracy theories<br /> (1:17:51) – Facebook<br /> (1:26:09) – Twitter<br /> (1:46:45) – Building Wikipedia<br /> (2:01:18) – Wikipedia funding<br /> (2:12:38) – ChatGPT vs Wikipedia<br /> (2:17:19) – Larry Sanger<br /> (2:22:51) – Twitter files<br /> (2:25:43) – Government and censorship<br /> (2:40:07) – Adolf Hitler’s Wikipedia page<br /> (2:51:49) – Future of Wikipedia<br /> (3:03:51) – Advice for young people<br /> (3:11:13) – Meaning of life