The Increasingly Pressing Matter of Preserving Our Knowledge

Larry Sanger argues for the urgent need to preserve knowledge in a decentralized, open-source manner to combat increasing censorship and control by big tech companies. Sanger criticizes the centralization of information and highlights how platforms like Wikipedia, Facebook, and Google have shifted towards promoting establishment narratives while suppressing alternative viewpoints. He advocates for the creation of many independent, digitally signed copies of data, distributed using open standards and protocols, to safeguard free speech and historical accuracy. Sanger also introduced his projects, including the Encyclosphere and Z-Book, which aim to create decentralized repositories of encyclopedias and literature. His call to action stresses the importance of funding and supporting open-source initiatives to preserve knowledge and protect digital freedom. Larry Sanger is Ex-Founder of Wikipedia and President of Knowledge Standards Foundation.