Jimmy Wales

En högaktuell bok om förtroende i en tid av misstro. När Jimmy Wales var med och grundade Wikipedia trodde de flesta att projektet var dömt att misslyckas. Idag har det blivit en av världens mest betrodda institutioner. Hur då? I svenska översättningen av internationellt framgångsrikaSju regler förklarar Wales hur förtroende faktiskt byggs mellan människor som inte känner varandra – och vilka principer som gör samarbete möjligt i allt från digitala plattformar till organisationer och samhällen. Jimmy Wales är medgrundare till Wikipedia och en av världens mest inflytelserika förespråkare för öppen kunskap och digitalt samarbete. Han är medförfattare till internationella fenomenboken som på engelska heter The Seven Rules of Trust.

Trust. It’s something every community on earth depends on. Businesses need it. Schools need it. Families need it. Societies need it. And it seems to be disappearing – everywhere, and at an alarming rate.If we can’t trust anyone, what can we believe? What can we feel certain about?When Jimmy Wales founded Wikipedia more than two decades ago, he changed the landscape of knowledge forever – although almost no one realised it at the time. Today, people view Wikipedia 11 billion times every month in the English language alone. But in our ‘post-truth’ era, where the internet is a sea of disinformation and facts are increasingly malleable, Wales reminds us that it’s more important than ever to return to the problem at the heart of it all: that without trust, we have no knowledge. And without knowledge, we can’t fight back.Derived from decades of observation, participation and discussion with leaders across the world, The Seven Rules of Trust reveals the fundamental principles that transformed a website from which information was once spurned into a universally trusted source for facts. This book will help you become a trust-maker – not just someone subject to trends. Someone who can turn back the tide, and inspire other people to follow you. If you want to build something, start something, or just get back to work in the most resilient way possible, this is how to begin.

Trust. It's something every community on earth depends on. Businesses need it. Schools need it. Families need it. Societies need it. And it seems to be disappearing - everywhere, and at an alarming rate.If we can't trust anyone, what can we believe? What can we feel certain about?When Jimmy Wales founded Wikipedia more than two decades ago, he changed the landscape of knowledge forever - although almost no one realised it at the time. Today, people view Wikipedia 11 billion times every month in the English language alone. But in our 'post-truth' era, where the internet is a sea of disinformation and facts are increasingly malleable, Wales reminds us that it's more important than ever to return to the problem at the heart of it all: that without trust, we have no knowledge. And without knowledge, we can't fight back.Derived from decades of observation, participation and discussion with leaders across the world, The Seven Rules of Trust reveals the fundamental principles that transformed a website from which information was once spurned into a universally trusted source for facts. This book will help you become a trust-maker - not just someone subject to trends. Someone who can turn back the tide, and inspire other people to follow you. If you want to build something, start something, or just get back to work in the most resilient way possible, this is how to begin.

From the founder of Wikipedia, a sweeping reflection on the global crisis of credibility and knowledge, revealing "the rules of trust" that transformed Wikipedia from a scrappy experiment into a global utility used by billions of people--and how those rules can help others build things that last From the beginning, people predicted Wikipedia's demise. Instead, this global experiment in sharing knowledge and expertise online has become part of the fabric of modern, connected life. Today, every month, people view Wikipedia 11 billion times--just in the English language. The Internet's encyclopedia has become a global utility, like water or electricity, and we rarely pause to consider the extraordinary fact of its existence. Long before it became the biggest collection of knowledge in the history of the world, Wikipedia had to overcome its greatest challenge: getting strangers on the Internet to trust each other. They had to trust that others would not be abusive or uncivil. They had to trust that others would not unfairly change or erase their contributions. They had to trust that people had good intentions. Trust, Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales says, is a treasure. But it is not inanimate, like gold or gems. Trust is a living thing that can and must be cultivated. This book will show you how. And it will reveal how his organization, this one-time punchline, has become a global authority--in the same two decades when the public's trust in everything else, from government to social media, has trended backwards. Every community on earth depends on trust; it underpins our capacity to know things, and it is at an all-time low. Inspiring, approachable, and packed with candid lessons from the early days of Wikipedia, The Seven Rules of Trust is a guide to kickstarting a positive loop of accountability and creativity--and to building things that stand the test of time.