Episode 204: Noam Cohen

About this episode

Noam Cohen discusses his work on Wikipedia and his book about Silicon Valley's political influence.

🕑 1 hour 15 minutes Noam Cohen is a journalist and writer who has written extensively about Wikipedia since 2007 for publications including The New York Times and Wired . He is the author of the 2017 book The Know-It-Alls: The Rise of Silicon Valley as a Political Powerhouse and Social Wrecking Ball , which was just released in paperback form with a new introduction by the author. You can also see this interview in video form , on YouTube. Links for some of the topics discussed: The Know-It-Alls website Noam Cohen's Wikipedia user page "Wikipedia:Noam Cohen" page (includes links to Noam's articles about Wikipedia)

People in this episode

Host: Yaron Koren

Guest: Noam Cohen

Topics covered

• Wikipedia
• journalism
• technology
• Silicon Valley
• politics
• media

Keywords

• Noam Cohen
• Wikipedia
• The Know-It-Alls
• journalism
• Silicon Valley
• political power

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The New York Times, Wired

Books & works: The Know-It-Alls: The Rise of Silicon Valley as a Political Powerhouse and Social Wrecking Ball, Wikipedia, Wikipedia:Noam Cohen

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