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Trust with Jimmy Wales

2023/6/20
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Jimmy Wales discusses how Wikipedia has managed to maintain public trust despite the decline in trust across various sectors, emphasizing transparency and community involvement.

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Information is power. But how do we adapt now that most of the information we consume comes with a heavy bias? 

In an ironic twist of fate, it’s Wikipedia — the encyclopedia that anyone can edit — that has done one of the best jobs maintaining public trust in our polarized era. 

I sat down with the founder of Wikipedia, Jimmy Wales, in front of a live studio audience to explore how we got here and how Wikipedia’s transparency and vulnerability may be a model for a better future.

This…is A Bit of Optimism.

For more on Jimmy, his work, and the Founders Forum summit that hosted our conversation, check out: 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Wales)

https://twitter.com/jimmy_wales)

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