Larry Sanger is an American philosopher and internet entrepreneur, best known as co-founder of Wikipedia. Born in Bellevue, Washington, in 1968, he earned a PhD in philosophy from Ohio State University and served as Wikipedia’s first editor-in-chief before leaving in 2002. He later founded Citizendium, worked on Everipedia, and has become a prominent, outspoken critic of Wikipedia’s neutrality and governance.
Today, he is coming on the show to discuss the story of Wikipedia: why was he banned from it, who was he banned by and whether there is a bias on the platform.
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How should Wikipedia avoid publication bias where the avoidance/lack of interest of certain topics actually leads to a skewed view of knowledge?
Why is the information on your site left leaning?