Truth in Numbers? Everything, According to Wikipedia

A talky, even-handed tour through an internet phenomenon, more interesting as a debate than as cinema.

Directed by

Nic Hill, Scott Glosserman

Genres

Documentary

Starring

Jimmy Wales, Alan Schwartz, Ed Chi

Tagline

Imagine a world where everyone had access to the sum of all human knowledge

Overview

Although Wikipedia is the 8th most popular website on the Internet today, and it is already the 3rd most widely read 'publication' in human history, attracting 100 million unique visitors a month, this great social and academic experiment of our age is riddled with vandals and challenged by skeptics, posing compelling questions about whether Wikipedia's model can truly achieve its goal. The film intersperses founder Jimmy Wales' unusual rise to Internet super-stardom among the global implications of Wikipedia. Are entries factually accurate? Biased? Accountable? Does 'Jimbo' Wales posses the wisdom to ensure that Wikipedians aggregate knowledge correctly?

How it feels

Earnest and satirical. Measured and needs your attention.

About

Technology, media, education, power

Content

Mild language. No violence, gore or sexual content.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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