This video was originally released for the 2007 Wikipedia fundraising, and includes parts of the documentary "Truth in Numbers".
"Imagine a world in which every single person on the planet is given free access to the sum of all human knowledge." — Jimmy Wales, Founder of Wikipedia
Other sound bites include:
"When a child get a laptop, there is a snapshot of the Wikipedia, both in their native language, and also some of the English languge Wikpedia as well. That they can engage in a critical discourse with other people about things that are out in the world, that they don't have to take thinks at face value - that's a powerful idea."
"All of a sudden, Wikipedia came and then this, the sum total of human knowledge - it struck me".
"I also use pick-up lines from that".
"Actually, it is more important for developing countries than it is for developed countries, because there is a gap, and this gap is purely knowledge. It's not money, it's not politics or power or whatever, it's knowledge. If we have the knowledge, and we know how to use it, then the gap will be fille ...Read the full article
