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People don't want to believe that technology is broken. Pharmaceuticals, robotics, artificial intelligence, nanotechnology - all these areas where the progress has been a lot more limited than people think. And the question is why.

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