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Leonard Susskind

12/07/18

@ Y Combinator

I spent a lot of time thinking about conflicts of principle, where things were not fitting together properly, and concluded that sometimes you have to change things or break the mold a little bit.

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Leonard Susskind on Richard Feynman, the Holographic Principle, and Unanswered Questions in Physics

@ Y Combinator

Leonard Susskind on Richard Feynman, the Holographic Principle, and Unanswered Questions in Physics

12/07/18

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