Academic institutions would not have been efficient for Wolfram's style of turning ideas into real things, as companies provide more efficient machinery for converting ideas into implementations.
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Stephen WolframEvidence Quote
“companies are a very efficient machine for turning ideas that you have into real things, and I think academia, for me at least, was not as efficient”
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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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