I think people have to recognise that the traditional modes of authority weren't that great.

There's plenty of rude stuff online. People say things online that they would be ashamed to say face to face. If people could treat others as though they were speaking face to face, that would be huge.

What you don't get in the mainstream media is so much of the background material.

The real struggle is not between the right and the left but between the party of the thoughtful and the party of the jerks.

I have always viewed the mission of Wikipedia to be much bigger than just creating a killer website. We're doing that of course, and having a lot of fun doing it, but a big part of what motivates us is our larger mission to affect the world in a positive way

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.

People do fun and interesting things because they're fun and interesting.