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It is impossible to dissociate an individual from the environment of which he is a part. No story of achievement should ever be removed from its broader social context.

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Reid Hoffman
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: August 5
Businessperson
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Stanford
California
Reid Garrett Hoffman
Reid G. Hoffman
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