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David Deutsch on the infinite reach of knowledge

The TED Interview

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Is There a Fragileness to the Knowledge?

"I don't think it got to where it is by accident. I think there is some stability to it," he says. "There definitely is no guarantee we could choose to end it." He adds that when people compare our civilization to other civilizations that have lasted for centuries and then collapsed, they are wrong.

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