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Lulu Garcia Navarro

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
1558 total appearances

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The Daily
'The Interview': Jimmy Wales Thinks the World Should Be More Like Wikipedia

How do you see that, that tension?

The Daily
'The Interview': Jimmy Wales Thinks the World Should Be More Like Wikipedia

So those words that were there, far right and conspiracy theorists, those were, in your view, the wrong words and that the critics of Wikipedia had a point.

The Daily
'The Interview': Jimmy Wales Thinks the World Should Be More Like Wikipedia

You mentioned Elon Musk, who's come after Wikipedia.

The Daily
'The Interview': Jimmy Wales Thinks the World Should Be More Like Wikipedia

He calls it Wokipedia.

The Daily
'The Interview': Jimmy Wales Thinks the World Should Be More Like Wikipedia

He's now trying to start his own version of Wikipedia called Grokopedia.

The Daily
'The Interview': Jimmy Wales Thinks the World Should Be More Like Wikipedia

And he says it's going to strip out ideological bias everywhere.

The Daily
'The Interview': Jimmy Wales Thinks the World Should Be More Like Wikipedia

I wonder what you think attacks like his do for people's trust in your platform writ large.

The Daily
'The Interview': Jimmy Wales Thinks the World Should Be More Like Wikipedia

Because as we've seen in the journalism space, if enough outside actors are telling people not to trust something, they won't.

The Daily
'The Interview': Jimmy Wales Thinks the World Should Be More Like Wikipedia

You said you talked to Elon Musk about this.

The Daily
'The Interview': Jimmy Wales Thinks the World Should Be More Like Wikipedia

When did you talk to him about it and what was that conversation like?

The Daily
'The Interview': Jimmy Wales Thinks the World Should Be More Like Wikipedia

When was the last time you had that exchange?

The Daily
'The Interview': Jimmy Wales Thinks the World Should Be More Like Wikipedia

Obviously the debate that happened more recently was because of the hand gesture that he made that was interpreted in different ways.

The Daily
'The Interview': Jimmy Wales Thinks the World Should Be More Like Wikipedia

And he was upset in the way that it had been characterized on Wikipedia.

The Daily
'The Interview': Jimmy Wales Thinks the World Should Be More Like Wikipedia

Do you think Elon Musk is acting in good faith?

The Daily
'The Interview': Jimmy Wales Thinks the World Should Be More Like Wikipedia

You're saying that in private he's nice and cordial, but his public persona is very different.

The Daily
'The Interview': Jimmy Wales Thinks the World Should Be More Like Wikipedia

I don't mean to press you on this.

The Daily
'The Interview': Jimmy Wales Thinks the World Should Be More Like Wikipedia

I'm just trying to refer to something that you said, which is people human to human are nice, right?

The Daily
'The Interview': Jimmy Wales Thinks the World Should Be More Like Wikipedia

That we're good.

The Daily
'The Interview': Jimmy Wales Thinks the World Should Be More Like Wikipedia

We should assume good faith.

The Daily
'The Interview': Jimmy Wales Thinks the World Should Be More Like Wikipedia

And so you're saying that Elon one-on-one is lovely, but he is attacking your institution and potentially draining support for Wikipedia.