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" Obviously, a lot of non-profits live on donations, and that's a wonderful thing. But higher education can't exist on donations only because, if that were the case, we would have a hard time paying teachers adequate salaries. "

Sebastian Thrun

Education

Time

Teachers

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Sebastian Thrun

Position

Myself

" To me, mathematics, computer science, and the arts are insanely related. They're all creative expressions. "

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Sebastian Thrun

Education

Behind

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" Call me an optimist, but in the past 300 years we have built amazing technologies which - by and large - have advanced humanity. "

Sebastian Thrun

Amazing

Optimist

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