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American - Businessman Born: August 7, 1966

The goal is to give people a free encyclopedia to every person in the world, in their own language. Not just in a 'free beer' kind of way, but also in the free speech kind of way.

People World Beer Language

I tend to eat things in fours. I'll eat four nuts, four grapes, four chips at a time. I don't know why. It's not really a superstition. I don't think anything bad will happen if I don't, but three potato chips doesn't seem right.

Time Think Bad Know

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.

Positive World Way Fun

We don't need secrecy.

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.

Time People Hate Free

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

Work People Random Down

If it isn't on Google, it doesn't exist.

It's kind of surprising that you could just open up a site and let people work.

Work You People Just

We've seen how grassroots journalism by blogs has had an impact at various points politically, as ordinary people have amplified stories that were being ignored by the traditional press.

People Journalism Impact Being

Our growth rate continues to be staggering.

Growth Our Staggering Rate

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Love. It isn't very popular in technical circles to say a lot of mushy stuff about love, but frankly it's a very very important part of what holds our project together.

Love Together Important Say

Imagine a world in which every single person on the planet is given free access to the sum of all human knowledge. That's what we're doing.

Knowledge World Free Doing

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 Community Care Bad

I have always liked the idea of going to print because a big part of what we are about is to disseminate knowledge throughout the world and not just to people who have broadband.

Knowledge People World Always

My original concept was to provide a free encyclopedia for every single person in the world.

World Free Person Single

I think that reality exists and that it's knowable.

Reality Think I Think Exists

I'm not real good at the administrative part of running a company.

Good Real Company Part

I can't do anything quietly anymore.

Anything Anymore Quietly

A lot of people who work on open-source software don't mind making money elsewhere. They aren't anticommercial.

Work Money People Mind

I'm very much an Enlightenment kind of guy.

Enlightenment Guy Kind Very

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

You Yourself See Want

To create and distribute a free encyclopedia of the highest possible quality to every single person on the planet in their own language - That's who I am. That's what I am doing. That's my life goal.

Life I Am My Life Quality

There's kind of this real social pressure to not argue about things.

Pressure Real Things About

Dialing down is not an option for me.

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

People World Believe Something

My being some kind of celebrity - not a real celebrity, isn't a welcome part of the job.

Welcome Job Real Being

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