How the U.S. government came to rely on the tech billionaire—and is now struggling to rein him in.

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      1 year ago

      And a horrible Nazi. Let’s not forget that. The U.S. tried to make everyone forget that.

      But yes, he was a genius.

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        1 year ago

        oh I know! It’s just that some humans throughout history had this insane amount of intelligence and creativity and they jumped our level of technology, and our understanding of the universe by decades, or arguably even more! It always blows my mind that there are people like that