Larry Sanger - Wikipedia Is Broken and No One Wants to Admit It

Larry Sanger, co-founder of Wikipedia, tells Brian Rose why he believes Wikipedia is broken, what his Nine Theses would change, and how he came to believe in God.

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Chapters

2:43 Intro: Larry Sanger and Wikipedia 3:46 Brian's story: deplatforming and Wikipedia 8:57 Anonymous editors and Section 230 10:22 How the media landscape changed 14:43 The perennial sources page 18:08 Wikipedia, Google and AI chatbots 24:47 Grokipedia 31:45 Community Notes on X 34:19 Intelligence agencies and PR firms on Wikipedia 39:13 The Twitter Files and being deplatformed 45:09 Sanger on what Wikipedia became 47:26 Sanger's role in founding Wikipedia 50:13 The Nine Theses 57:11 Libel, money and accountability 1:03:28 Who could push reform through 1:09:40 Decentralisation, blockchain and ZWI files 1:18:48 Sanger's spiritual journey 1:37:33 Religion, socialism and society 1:42:26 Where to follow Larry Sanger