Is There a Future for K Theory?

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K theory is the hottest item now. It's a wonderful synergy going on. The interesting question, how long will it last? These kind of ideas and these kind of synergies that happen, they have a finite lifetime. They don't last forever. I think this one has probably at least a good 10 or 15 years left in it. Good advice for the young people out there. At least. And it will be part of the textbook subject. Of course, the subject will move on into other things. And this one will be the domain of older. Yep.

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