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The Birth Of A Really Bad Idea: Peter Thiel And Knowing Less As A Life Strategy

Bill Fischer

Image via Wikipedia 2011 is the 100th anniversary of a really bad idea. In 1911, the British Antarctic explorer Robert Falcon Scott’s determination to learn less, rather than more -- about life, clothing and diet in extreme cold conditions -- led to his assuming that he was smarter than thousands of [.