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There were 5 Exabytes of information created between the dawn of civilization through 2003, but that much information is now created every 2 days.

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Eric Schmidt
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: April 27
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Washington
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Eric E. Schmidt
Eric Emerson Schmidt
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