My being some kind of celebrity - not a real celebrity, isn't a welcome part of the job. Jimmy Wales More Quotes by Jimmy Wales More Quotes From Jimmy Wales What can we put into the hands of people under oppressive regimes to help them? For me, a big part of it is information, knowledge - the ability to defeat propaganda by understanding it. Jimmy Wales information-knowledge hands people What we won't do is pretend that the work of lunatic charlatans is the equivalent of "true scientific discourse." It isn't. Jimmy Wales charlatans lunatic discourse Free speech includes the right to not speak. Jimmy Wales free-speech speech speak People take issue with individual aspects of Wikipedia all the time. But it's kind of hard to hate the general idea of a free encyclopedia. It's like hating kittens. Jimmy Wales issues hate ideas People are not fundamentally bad. It only takes the smallest of correctives to take care of that tiny minority that wants to disrupt the community. Jimmy Wales minorities community people If I had some information, the last thing I would ever do with it is send it to Wikileaks. Jimmy Wales wikileaks information lasts The Internet is allowing for us to really experience people in some of the most distant places in the world - as other people just like us. So get to know people, seek out bloggers from a country you're kind of curious about. It's about building empathy and breaking through to the point of recognizing people as people. Jimmy Wales empathy country people I think MySpace is doomed, I give them about two more years.... I think Facebook is the next Microsoft in both the bad and the good senses. That's an amazing company that is going to do a lot of good and bad things. Jimmy Wales two years thinking I think that reality exists and that it's knowable. Jimmy Wales reality thinking A lot of people who work on open-source software don't mind making money elsewhere. They aren't anticommercial. Jimmy Wales making-money mind people Simply having rules does not change the things that people want to do. You have to change incentive. Jimmy Wales incentives doe people When I was growing up in Huntsville, Alabama, this is where the space and rocket center was. This is where all of the German rocket scientists came after war and started designing rockets for NASA, for the moon landing and all that. Jimmy Wales growing-up moon war While I'm optimistic about the direction the world is headed, generally, I think there is a need for constant vigilance and pressure on repressive governments. Jimmy Wales optimistic government thinking I worry about censorship in many parts of the world. Jimmy Wales censorship worry world There's kind of this real social pressure to not argue about things. Jimmy Wales social-pressure real arguing When I opened Wikipedia, it had three articles, yet it was called an encyclopedia. Jimmy Wales wikipedia internet three I just get up every day and do what seems like the most interesting, fun thing to do. Jimmy Wales get-up fun interesting I am really accessible. Jimmy Wales I don't come down on any simple place as a deletionist or a completionist. Jimmy Wales simple I have zero interest in sports of any kind - professional, college or international. Jimmy Wales zero college sports
