The Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, under leadership that remembered John von Neumann, explicitly didn't worry about intellectual property issues when Wolfram joined, allowing him to freely pursue both technology and foundational science.
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“Its then chairman of its board said, 'We gave away the computer when Von Neumann kind of died, so all this intellectual property stuff, we're just not worried about that.'”
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Can space and time emerge from simple rules? Stephen Wolfram thinks so. | World Science Festival— World Science FestivalCreated: 8/12/2026, 6:48:03 PM
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