Jimmy Wales: The Seven Rules of Trust
Ithaca Auditorium, Brisbane City Hall
#Performances
#About the event
Duration: 60 minutes
5:30pm, Tuesday 19th May 2026
Ithaca Auditorium, Brisbane City Hall
64 Adelaide St, Brisbane City
Today’s internet feels like the information equivalent of the Mariana Trench: vast, ominous and full of unknown life forms. But one website that still embodies the optimism and community of the early digital age is Wikipedia, the volunteer-run encyclopedia that’s still, after twenty-five years, refreshingly free of billionaire tech-bro overlords. For the site’s founder, Jimmy Wales, the site's success is largely due to the increasingly precious resource of trust. Join Wales in conversation with Griffith Review's Carody Culver as they discuss his galvanising new book, The Seven Rules of Trust, which reveals how Wikipedia evolved from scrappy online experiment to dependable global utility — and how all of us can learn to cultivate and restore trust.
#Artists
Jimmy Wales
Jimmy Wales is an internet entrepreneur who is best known as the founder of Wikipedia and the Wikimedia Foundation. Named one of Time’s 100 Most Influential People, he was also acknowledged by the World Economic Forum as one of the top 250 leaders across the world for his professional accomplishments, his commitment to society and his potential to contribute to shaping the future of the world. Born in Huntsville, Alabama, he lives with his family in London.
Carody Culver
Carody Culver is the editor of Griffith Review. She's also a writer and a literary interviewer. Her work has appeared in Australian Book Review, Meanjin, Sydney Review of Books, Kill Your Darlings, Books+Publishing and more, and she's been a contributing editor for Peppermint magazine. Her chapbook, The Morgue I Think the Deader It Gets, was published by Cordite in 2022. You can find her on Substack at acriticalcondition.substack.com.
