The Unsung Heroes of Time Management in Tech

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OUTLINE:
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(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