These systems will know us better than our best friends, but will also be connected to the entire Web of Things as well as the collective sum of all human knowledge.

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But what makes Silicon Valley special is the way in which a lot of different things are mixed together to make the sum greater than the parts.

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This is the sum the firm feels it could legitimately claim - in terms of monies spent on things like sponsorship, advertising, research and development - if it was forced to withdraw from cycling.

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In sum, with a bit of give (mostly yours) and take (all theirs) things are settled peaceably.

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Breach of contract for them not paying me an undisclosed sum of money due to me at the time we parted ways, and a few other things named in the lawsuit.

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