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SUMMARY:Richard Cooke - The Last Best Place on the Internet
LOCATION:Upstairs at Gleebooks
DESCRIPTION:6pm for 6.30pm Thursday 15th October\n\nListen to Richard Cooke
  in conversation with Raph Dixon & James Hennessy as he takes us through a
  playful and provocative exploration of mighty Wikipedia: how it was built
 \, why it thrived and what we lose as its ideals disintegrate.\n\nPlease n
 ote that this event will be recorded for the Down Round podcast.\n\nOne of
  the keystone inventions of the twenty-first century\, Wikipedia is the la
 rgest repository of human knowledge ever made\, with editions in more than
  300 languages read by millions every day – all created by unpaid\, main
 ly amateur and mostly anonymous volunteers.\n\nIn this entertaining book\,
  journalist Richard Cooke delves into Wikipedia's fabled creation\, its ex
 traordinary success and its profound effects on politics\, business\, lite
 rature and society. He explores the site's shifting role in establishing f
 act in a time of deep uncertainty about truth and authority\; the often hi
 lariously fierce debates between 'Inclusionists' and 'Deletionists' about 
 what is worth knowing and preserving\, and who gets to decide\; and the gr
 eat peril Wikipedia faces today from bots\, political division and artific
 ial intelligence.\n\nThe Last Best Place on the Internet is a fascinating 
 journey into the hidden world of one of the most vital – and most endang
 ered – cultural achievements of our time.\n\n\nRichard Cooke’s writing
  has appeared in the Washington Post\, The New York Times\, The Guardian\,
  The New Republic\, WIRED and the Paris Review\, and has been selected mul
 tiple times for the Best of Longform and Best Australian Essays. He is als
 o a two-time Walkley winner and former Columnist of the Year. His fourth b
 ook\, The Last Best Place on the Internet\, is a cultural history of Wikip
 edia. \n\nRaph Dixon is a failed founder turned creative tech professional
  (turned podcaster). He's also an ARIA-nominated artist and founding membe
 r of sonic house The Meeting Tree.\n\nJames Hennessy is a writer\, editor 
 and podcaster. He is the ideas editor at business\, politics and finance p
 ublication Capital Brief. He was previously the editor of Business Insider
  Australia and deputy editor at Pedestrian.\n\nBoletos: https://www.tryboo
 king.com/events/landing/1647769
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