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Flying cars: coming soon to your city?
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The creator of the index called it a public utility for accessing the “vast ocean” of human knowledge.
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Stephen Johnson
Stephen Johnson is the Associate Editor of Big Think. A long-time contributor to Big Think, he is a St. Louis-based writer and editor whose work has been featured in U.S.[…]
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