Biography of Danny Hillis – inventor, entrepreneur, and Long Now founder
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The passage provides a detailed professional biography of Danny Hillis but contains no allegations, financial transactions, or connections to controversial actions involving high‑level officials. It o Co‑founder of Thinking Machines, Long Now Foundation, Metaweb (Freebase) and Applied Minds Worked at Disney as Vice President of R&D, then founded Applied Minds with Bran Ferren Involved in developme
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