A true bubble is when something is overvalued and intensely believed. Education may be the only thing people … - Peter Thiel

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Teachers affect eternity; no one can tell where their influence stops.

Peter Thiel

A true bubble is when something is overvalued and intensely believed. Education may be the only thing people still believe in in the United States. To question education is really dangerous. It is the absolute taboo. It's like telling the world there's no Santa Claus.

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