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Dick Durbin: “So I've read some histories of DARPA, Pentagon's Brain, and books like that, very impressive, and I notice that time and…”

On the recordApril 12, 2021
So I've read some histories of DARPA, Pentagon's Brain, and books like that, very impressive, and I notice that time and again there was disruptive thinking and planning and some of it fell flat on its face but that's to be expected.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

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Durbin reflects on the history of DARPA and its innovative yet sometimes flawed approaches.

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