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Larry Sanger has a [[wikipedia:doctorate|doctorate]] in [[wikipedia:Philosophy|Philosophy]] from [[wikipedia:Ohio State University|Ohio State University]].<ref name="Glyn Moody" /> His professional interests are [[wikipedia:epistemology]], [[wikipedia:early modern philosophy|early modern philosophy]], and [[ethics]].<ref name="Alan_Boraas" /> Most of Sanger's philosophical work focuses on epistemology.<ref name="Wade Roush" /> In 2008, he visited [[wikipedia:Balliol College, Oxford|Balliol College]] of the [[wikipedia:University of Oxford|University of Oxford]] to debate the proposal "the Internet is the future of knowledge", arguing wikis and blogs are changing the way knowledge is created and distributed.<ref name="Andrew Keen">{{Cite news |last=Keen, Andrew |date=June 2, 2008 |title=Andrew Keen on New Media |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/andrew-keen-on-new-media-837997.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080605023100/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/andrew-keen-on-new-media-837997.html |archive-date=June 5, 2008 |access-date=June 8, 2008 |work=[[The Independent]] |location=London}}</ref> Sanger has frequently written and spoken about collaborative content.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Larry Sanger |url=http://blogs.britannica.com/author/lsanger |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200701172049/http://blogs.britannica.com/author/lsanger |archive-date=July 1, 2020 |access-date=April 8, 2022 |website=[[Encyclopædia Britannica]] Blog}}</ref> Sanger has argued that [[wikipedia:Liberalism|liberal]] and [[wikipedia:Centre-left politics|left-leaning]] views dominate in [[wikipedia:Academic bias|academia]], [[Criticism of science|science]], the [[wikipedia:Media bias|media]] and tech companies such as [[wikipedia:Facebook|Facebook]] and [[wikipedia:Twitter|Twitter]].<ref name="Spence 2021" /> | Larry Sanger has a [[wikipedia:doctorate|doctorate]] in [[wikipedia:Philosophy|Philosophy]] from [[wikipedia:Ohio State University|Ohio State University]].<ref name="Glyn Moody" /> His professional interests are [[wikipedia:epistemology]], [[wikipedia:early modern philosophy|early modern philosophy]], and [[ethics]].<ref name="Alan_Boraas" /> Most of Sanger's philosophical work focuses on epistemology.<ref name="Wade Roush" /> In 2008, he visited [[wikipedia:Balliol College, Oxford|Balliol College]] of the [[wikipedia:University of Oxford|University of Oxford]] to debate the proposal "the Internet is the future of knowledge", arguing wikis and blogs are changing the way knowledge is created and distributed.<ref name="Andrew Keen">{{Cite news |last=Keen, Andrew |date=June 2, 2008 |title=Andrew Keen on New Media |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/andrew-keen-on-new-media-837997.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080605023100/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/andrew-keen-on-new-media-837997.html |archive-date=June 5, 2008 |access-date=June 8, 2008 |work=[[The Independent]] |location=London}}</ref> Sanger has frequently written and spoken about collaborative content.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Larry Sanger |url=http://blogs.britannica.com/author/lsanger |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200701172049/http://blogs.britannica.com/author/lsanger |archive-date=July 1, 2020 |access-date=April 8, 2022 |website=[[Encyclopædia Britannica]] Blog}}</ref> Sanger has argued that [[wikipedia:Liberalism|liberal]] and [[wikipedia:Centre-left politics|left-leaning]] views dominate in [[wikipedia:Academic bias|academia]], [[Criticism of science|science]], the [[wikipedia:Media bias|media]] and tech companies such as [[wikipedia:Facebook|Facebook]] and [[wikipedia:Twitter|Twitter]].<ref name="Spence 2021" /> | ||
In January 2002, Sanger returned to [[wikipedia:Columbus, Ohio|Columbus, Ohio]] to teach philosophy at Ohio State University. | In January 2002, Sanger returned to [[wikipedia:Columbus, Ohio|Columbus, Ohio]] to teach philosophy at Ohio State University. In December 2010, Sanger said he considered [[wikipedia:WikiLeaks|WikiLeaks]] to be "enemies of the [[wikipedia:United States|U.S.]]—not just the government, but the people".<ref name="The Wall Street Journal">{{Cite news |last=Crovitz, L. Gordon |date=December 6, 2010 |title=Julian Assange, Information Anarchist |url=http://topics.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703989004575653113548361870.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101217055334/http://topics.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703989004575653113548361870.html |archive-date=December 17, 2010 |access-date=December 22, 2010 |work=The Wall Street Journal |publisher=[[Dow Jones & Company]]}}</ref> In September 2021, in response to U.S. President [[wikipedia:Joe Biden|Joe Biden]] announcing a [[wikipedia:COVID-19 vaccine mandates in the United States|COVID-19 vaccine mandate]], Sanger tweeted "Nor I.#IWillNotComply" in agreement with political commentator [[wikipedia:Tim Pool|Tim Pool]]. In an earlier tweet, Sanger claimed that [[COVID-19 vaccine]]s are "not a [[wikipedia:vaccine|vaccine]]".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Slisco |first=Aila |date=September 10, 2021 |title=#IWillNotComply trends on Twitter after Joe Biden orders vaccine mandate |url=https://www.newsweek.com/iwillnotcomply-trends-twitter-after-joe-biden-orders-vaccine-mandate-1627723 |access-date=September 10, 2021 |work=[[Newsweek]] |language=en}}</ref> In March 2022, Sanger said that "[[wikipedia:Decentralization|Decentralization]] is a necessary but not sufficient condition of [[wikipedia:internet freedom|internet freedom]]", arguing that both [[wikipedia:Federation (information technology)|federated]] and [[wikipedia:peer-to-peer|peer-to-peer]] decentralized networks "can still be captured and controlled in various ways and rendered un-free".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bassett |first=Caitlin |date=March 30, 2022 |title=Could Decentralization Fix Twitter's Censorship Problems? |url=https://mindmatters.ai/2022/03/could-decentralization-fix-twitters-censorship-problems/ |access-date=March 31, 2022 |website=MindMatters.ai |language=en-US}}</ref> | ||
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