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Singularity Summit: Olah, Deming & Other Thiel Fellows

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Partner:: Singularity Institute
Location:: Nob Hill Masonic Center
San Francisco, CA
Event Date:: 10.13.12
Speakers:: Laura Deming,; James Koppel,; Christopher Olah,; Noor Siddiqui
Tags:: singularity

Summary: Thiel Fellows Noor Siddiqui, Laura Deming, Christopher Olah and James Koppel showcase their projects for revolutionizing the world.

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Laura Deming

When she was 8, Laura Deming realized that we were all going to die of a disease called aging. Ever since, her driving passion has been to slow aging and eliminate age-related disease. She started working in a biogerontology lab when she was 12, and matriculated at MIT when she was 14. At 17, she was one of the youngest 20under20 fellows awarded $100,000 by Peter Thiel to pursue her venture full time. She is currently focused on the amelioration of age-related neurodegenerative diseases.

James Koppel

An entrepreneur at heart, Jimmy Koppel won admission to Carnegie Mellon – only to find that campus culture didn’t mesh well with his creative spirit. With the Thiel Fellowship, the software engineer has now won both $100,000 and a place in a community that suits him much better: Silicon Valley.

Christopher Olah

A 19-year-old hacker and math whiz, Chris Olah, is motivated less by entrepreneurship and more by "doing things that are awesome." With his $100,000 Thiel Fellowship, he'll focus on using 3D printing to help people improve their quality of life.

Noor Siddiqui

Noor Siddiqui served on the founding team of a Virginia nonprofit until she opted for the Thiel Fellowship. Noor is working on building a more inclusive world by harnessing untapped productive energy at the base of the global economic pyramid.

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01.: Introduction

01 min 07 sec

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02.: Noor Siddiqui's Introduction

00 min 35 sec

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03.: Thiel Fellow: Noor Siddiqui

03 min 35 sec

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04.: Laura Demming's Introduction

00 min 24 sec

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05.: Thiel Fellow: Laura Demming

05 min 07 sec

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06.: Christopher Olah's Introduction

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07.: Thiel Fellow: Christopher Olah

04 min 53 sec

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08.: Jimmy Koppel's Introduction

00 min 42 sec

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09.: Thiel Fellow: Jimmy Koppel

04 min 25 sec

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10.: Conclusion

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Thiel Fellow Laura Deming Sets Out to End Aging

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Thiel Fellow Laura Deming makes a plea for health research to tackle an epidemic that affects everyone: the negative effects of aging.
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21 min 45 sec

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