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<p>[00:32:34] I also want to thank [[Isadore Singer]] for effectively saving me from not getting a PhD. By, I think, putting pressure on the Harvard department and for coming to my assistance, making sure that I got a postdoc at MIT, despite not having any publications at all. | <p>[00:32:34] I also want to thank [[Isadore Singer]] for effectively saving me from not getting a PhD. By, I think, putting pressure on the Harvard department and for coming to my assistance, making sure that I got a postdoc at MIT, despite not having any publications at all. | ||
<p>[00:32:56] I'd like to | <p>[00:32:56] I'd like to thank Raoul Bott, who's no longer with us. Who I should have invited to my wedding. I was very angry at him, but I didn't realize that he was saving me in a very difficult situation against the department that probably just wanted to see me gone. I'd like to thank Peter Thiel. One of my closest friends is like a brother to me for allowing me these seven years since this lecture to lick my wounds, to get strong, to have a 401(k), to buy a house. And, to begin coming back to regular society after a very difficult and strained career. | ||
<p>[00:33:21] I'd like to thank Adil Abdulali and Michael Grossberg. The two greatest, best friends from college a guy could have. I'd like to thank my grandfather, Harry Ruben, who believed in things that couldn't possibly be true and made some of them happen. | <p>[00:33:21] I'd like to thank Adil Abdulali and Michael Grossberg. The two greatest, best friends from college a guy could have. I'd like to thank my grandfather, Harry Ruben, who believed in things that couldn't possibly be true and made some of them happen. | ||