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I think we realized the depth of frustration through the current political process. So we said, OK, we know there's a serious problem here, we know we need to work on it, and now it's Oh, we need to work on it a lot faster.
Reid Hoffman
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Reid Hoffman
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: August 5
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