#385 – Jimmy Wales: Wikipedia

Lex Fridman Podcast

Jun 18, 2023•3 hr 20 min•Transcript available on Metacast

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