By Timothy Leary's account, maybe Bill Gates is the one to lead us as a hero of the next millennium.

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Even though my university background was in the liberal arts, I latched onto technology pretty quickly while at PBS. The spark was a show I produced about, of all people, Timothy Leary, who was adamant about how computers and high tech had the potential to reorganize society.

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