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Peter Thiel (Funder) - Footnote 76

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www.hoover.org/research/apocalypse-now-peter-thiel-ancient-prophecies-and-modern-tech(1 check)

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Found: Thiel argues that scientific progress has slowed despite a 100x increase in PhDs since 1924, attributing this to hyperspecialization, decadence, anti-risk culture, regulatory barriers, and "low-hangin…

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