Larry Sanger
Larry Sanger
Lawrence Mark "Larry" Sangeris an American Internet project developer, co-founder of Wikipedia, and the founder of Citizendium. He grew up in Anchorage, Alaska. From an early age he has been interested in philosophy. Sanger received a Bachelor of Arts in philosophy from Reed College in 1991 and a Doctor of Philosophy in philosophy from Ohio State University in 2000. Most of his philosophical work has focused on epistemology, the theory of knowledge...
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth16 July 1968
across engaging information needs public resource single start various ways
What the world really needs is a single information resource that excels across the board. We will start engaging the public in various ways this year.
accuracy expert eyeballs increase
Accuracy is going to increase the more expert eyeballs get at the topic.
achieved best both resource widespread
Availability is best achieved by making the resource both widespread and as inexpensive as possible.
accuracy allow content determined essential gain high information quality resource
High quality of content is essential because we want an information resource to allow us to gain knowledge. Quality is determined by accuracy and completeness.
stupid worried online
We should be worried about online silos. They make us stupid and hostile toward each other.
years wikipedia unimportant
Wikipedia will be small, disreputable, and unimportant compared to CZ in a few more years. Uh, ;-)
unreliability wikipedia failing
Citizendium is based on the failings and unreliability of Wikipedia.
mean community disrespect
Wikipedia lacks the habit or tradition of respect for expertise. As a community, far from being elitist (which would, in this context, mean excluding the unwashed masses), it is anti-elitist (which, in this context, means that expertise is not accorded any special respect, and snubs and disrespect of expertise is tolerated).
thinking people wikipedia
I know Wikipedia is very cool. A lot of people do not think so, but of course they are wrong.
quality determined accuracy
Quality is determined by accuracy and completeness.
thinking entrepreneur needs
We need to get rid of all remnants of bureaucracy and bureaucratic thinking, and start thinking like entrepreneurs again.