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Meckel & Matthes: Inside Silicon Valley: The Crude Philosophy of the Tech Bros

Miriam Meckel and Sebastian Matthes talk to Felix Holtermann. The award-winning Handelsblatt correspondent looks back on years on the West and East coasts at an America that has changed radically. And he explains how Peter Thiel and Sam Altman really tick.

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Meckel & Matthes: Inside Silicon Valley: The Crude Philosophy of the Tech Bros

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