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I'm skeptical of a lot of what falls under the rubric of education.... People are on these tracks. They are getting these credentials and it's very unclear how viable they are in many cases.

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Peter Thiel
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: October 11
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Peter Andreas Thiel
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