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Aired: Wednesday, August 02, 2006 11-12PM ET
By host Tom Ashbrook:
For generations, when Americans had a question about Gettysburg or Galileo or the state bird of Indiana, chances were they turned to the big old encyclopedia in the family den or school library. Today, a new world turns to Wikipedia -- the interactive online encyclopedia written by everyone.
You can read the entry on Antarctica, or you can change it. There are more than a million entries now -- ten times Encyclopedia Britannica's number -- and many millions of avid users around the globe. It's becoming the ultimate instant resource on reality. But is it reliable?
Hear a conversation with the founder of the site about the life and limits of collective wisdom on Wikipedia.
| · | Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia | | · | John Palfrey, Director of the Berkman Center for Internet and Society, Harvard Law School | | · | Simon Pulsifer, one of Wikipedia's most prolific contributors | | · | Jaron Lanier, computer scientist and author. |
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