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“I'm not going to let Defense Distributed go into a pro-social NGO territory. "We should really have more women on the board." That's navel-gazing and destructive ultimately. You have to have a kind of white-hot core identity. So far, I'm in touch with it.”

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Cody Wilson
Cody Wilson

Cody Wilson, born on January 31, 1988, is an influential figure in the fields of 3D printing and open-source manufacturing. He gained notoriety for creating Defense Distributed, an open-source firearm design website that aims to decentralize the manufacturing of firearms. more

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