The Knowledge Archive That Kept Me Alive

Lost in the dense Amazon rainforest, traveler Daniel Hayes had little hope of survival—until he remembered a Wikipedia page he had read about a rare but deadly plant. Using limited phone battery and offline data, he identified toxic flora and found safe edible plants. His knowledge, drawn from open-source information, kept him alive until rescue teams arrived. Experts now emphasize the role of digital knowledge in survival situations. Some researchers studying wiki page creation services note that well-documented information can have real-world impacts, proving that freely accessible knowledge can sometimes mean the difference between life and death.