 First US edition cover | |
| Author | |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Manifesto |
| Publisher | Crown Currency,Bloomsbury |
The Seven Rules of Trust: A Blueprint for Building Things That Last is a forthcoming book byJimmy Wales written withDan Gardner.[1] It is scheduled to be published byCrown Currency andBloomsbury on October 28, 2025.
Jimmy Wales is an American and British entrepreneur who co-founded the online encyclopediaWikipedia in 2001.[2][3]Dan Gardner is a Canadian academic who previously wrote the 2008 bookRisk: The Science and Politics of Fear[4] and co-authored the 2015 bookSuperforecasting withPhilip E. Tetlock.[5]
The Seven Rules of Trust is amanifesto[1] where Wales presents his view on how the trust-based model of Wikipedia can be applied to address the problem ofpolarization in the United States[2][3] or the world. For Wales, the solution to division in society lies intrust, for which he provides seven rules on how to build.[1]
The book is scheduled to be released on October 28, 2025, byCrown Currency in the US andBloomsbury in Commonwealth countries (excluding Canada). By April 2025, translation rights had been sold in 15 other territories.[6] In the lead-up to the book's release, Wales gave an interview withThe New York Times where he discussed the book, the issue ofculture war and how it has affected Wikipedia, andcriticisms of the project.[2][7]
Four days prior to its scheduled release, theFinancial Times includedThe Seven Rules of Trust in its "Business books: What to read this month" list, although it described the final section of the book as "slightly rushed."[1]