Truth in Numbers? Everything, According to Wikipedia
Imagine a world where everyone had access to the sum of all human knowledgeAlthough 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?
Description: 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?
Genres: Documentary
Homepage: http://www.truthinnumbersthemovie.com/
Budget: $500,000 | Revenue : $0
Runtime: 85 minutes
The Escapist
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Don't Look Up
The Godfather
Four Christmases
Alien
Love Actually
Home Alone
The Goonies
Coco
Alan Schwartz
Played Narrator (voice)
Ed Chi
Played Self
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