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OUTLINE:Here's the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time.(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