If you see a blatant error or misconception about yourself, you really want to set it straight.

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.

Things work well when a group of people know each other, and things break down when it's a bunch of random people interacting.

Massive numbers of people are going to come online from cultures we don't normally interact with.

The core of Wikipedia is something people really believe in. That is too valuable for the world to screw it up.

The core community is passionate about quality and getting it right. If you want to read some good criticisms of Wikipedia, probably the best place to go is to the Wikipedia article called 'criticisms of Wikipedia'... It was either the dumbest thing or the smartest thing I ever did. The dumbest thing for the obvious reasons, but the smartest thing because I don't think it could have had nearly as much impact as it has. One of the key things that inspired people to put a lot into it (was the charity aspect).

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.