Our Digital Future: The New Politics of Knowledge

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28 Sep 2007

Our Digital Future: The New Politics of Knowledge

About the Speech:

This keynote meeting inaugurated the Institute of International & European Affairs' Our Digital Futures programme. Larry Sanger, co-Founder of Wikipedia, discussed "the new politics of knowledge".

The topic:

Larry Sanger began by asking why governments have not regulated internet content more. The new “Cyber-Polities”, communities on the internet, are generally assumed to be able to self regulate. Yet, looking far into the future, he posited the view that if Citizendium, his latest project, were to become an authoritative encyclopaedia for mankind, its internal governance would be of utmost importance. The more successful collaborative projects such as Wikipedia become, the more likely it is that an external authority will attempt to regulate their content. To avoid government intervention, the authoritative projects of the future must self govern to some extent. The best protection against undue government interference in open collaborative projects is internal governance. The Republican State may provide the best model through which future Cyber Polities can self govern.

Click here to listen to full audio of Larry Sanger\'s speech and Q&A

Click here to read Larry Sanger\'s report of this event on his blog

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About the speaker:

Dr Lawrence M. Sanger is among the most influential innovators in the world. He is co-founder of Wikipedia - the foremost example of the Web 2.0 information, with over a million contributors worldwide. Across 253 languages, Wikipedia extends to 8.2 million articles. It is one of the 10 most-visited websites worldwide. Sanger\'s new project Citizendium attempts to harness reliable expertise to improve on the Wikipedia model.

About the chair:

Brendan Tuohy chaired the event. He retired from his position as Secretary General of the Department of Communications of the Irish Government two weeks before the event.

Click here to listen to full audio of Larry Sanger\'s speech and Q&A

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