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OUTLINE:

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(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