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Peter Thiel

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.

Peter Thiel

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People tend to assume that fields like pharmaceuticals and artificial intelligence have advanced more than they actually have. The real issue is understanding the reasons behind this slower progress in technology.

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