"Elon musk: Wikipedia is not for sale" - Nish Kumar meets Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales (pt 2)

This conversation dives deep into why society struggles to agree on even the most basic facts—and what it takes to build trust in an age of noisy information and political weaponization. Delve into arguments about truth, trust, media bias, and the impact of clickbait, as the speakers tease out how we lost our consensus reality—and who benefits when facts are up for grabs. You’ll hear incisive personal anecdotes about media distrust, polarization, newspaper endorsements, and the critical role of Wikipedia’s independent funding model. Plus, get an inside look at the real “Supreme Court” of Wikipedia, and the passionate nerds who keep it honest. If you care about facts in a world of “blizzards of lies,” this is a must-watch discussion about disagreement, journalism, and what’s still going right online. "Event description: Comedian Nish Kumar joins Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales to ask: in the post-truth age, can we save the resource that powers both Wikipedia and our democracy? Two decades ago, Jimmy Wales founded Wikipedia and transformed the world’s access to knowledge. Today, people view Wikipedia 11 billion times every month in the English language alone. Nish Kumar is one; in fact he loves the site so much that, before he was known as the UK’s preeminent political comedian, he used to present his own Nishipedia feature on Radio X. In an age of ‘alternative facts’, conspiracies and disinformation, the foundations of Wikipedia are increasingly under threat: and the problem at the heart of it all extends to the whole of society. Trust: like water, like electricity, our society can’t function without it. It’s a treasure, a living thing that can be cultivated and grown. But it can also wither and die, and it is increasingly under threat. Without it, we have no knowledge, and without knowledge, we can’t fight back. Derived from decades of observation, participation and discussion with leaders across the world, Jimmy and Nish will share clear, actionable rules for building trust in business, leadership and life. Bringing together an icon of the digital age with one of our greatest living comics, this is an unmissable live event for anyone interested in the future of knowledge and turning the tide against our age of disinformation. Praise for Jimmy Wales’s The Seven Rules of Trust: ‘Fascinating … Should be required reading everywhere’ – Stephen Fry ‘An important book … Both hopeful and practical’ – Yuval Noah Harari ‘Where trust has been lost, Jimmy Wales offers routes to its rediscovery’ – Alastair Campbell ‘Thank you to Jimmy Wales for founding Wikipedia and now, for the first time, telling us how he did it!’ – Simon Sinek "