Co-founder of Wikipedia, Dr. Larry Sanger on The Unbearable Rightness of Truth: Technology, Knowledge, and Fake News in the Information Age

In this interview, Dr. Larry Sanger, the co-founder of Wikipedia, talks about: The commercialization of knowledge and the role of open-source technology The rise of online quizzes and calculators that gamify knowledge and provide infographic and targeted information The origin of the online Encyclopaedia in the Information Age and how blockchain can revolutionize it Information glut in the Information Age and its consequences: forged articles, fake news, and dubious sources The popular “distrust” of experts in the Information Age and how technology can combat it Note: This interview has been shared as both a podcast and a longer webinar.