Professor SCOTT ATRAN (University of Michigan): Guys like Zawahiri constantly go over the fact that globalization degrades Muslims, and tourism as much as military occupation are part and parcel of that humiliation, and that has to be fought.

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Autonomy was founded by some bright guys at Cambridge university and moved from strength to strength in analyzing data and unstructured information in ways that left me trying to figure out what they were doing, how they were doing it, and what companies could do with it.

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Back in Sweden, the guys told me, they were studying computer science at university, and well, you know how it is: one thing leads to another, and soon you find yourself carving sheep bellies for a little extra cash.

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