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RSA: Why Wikipedia Works

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Sean Michael Kerner
Mar 1, 2013

Jimmy Wales believes that freedom and security go hand in hand. That’s the sentiment that Wales used to open his keynote at the RSA Conference on Wednesday.

Wales is the creator of Wikipedia, the global open source encyclopedia that is used by hundreds of millions of people every day. The original concept behind Wikipedia is all about giving all people free access to the sum of human knowledge.

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