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that will take us now is anybody's guess, but it won't be back to headier times, says John Brockman, a New York literary agent who became known in Silicon Valley over the past several years for throwing an annual "Billionaires Dinner." He wants to change the name of the event. "This year," he says. "It's the

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ng. Also, members *Achim give one another permission to be great. One example is the Beat poets. Another example is the mix of people who created Silicon Valley. While Edge is a read-only site, the cast of characters contributing to the various projects is ever-changing and inclusion is by recommendation

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on inside the machines. Can we? Should we? How does Dare to know face off against these impenetrable systems. It is little surprise that places like Silicon Valley often leave a visitor with the feeling of a town where work is done in rooms within rooms within rooms. To drive along the dulled, anodyne asphalt st

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