MIT is governed by a second, even higher rule: the inalienable right of academic freedom. - Nicholas Negroponte

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MIT is governed by a second, even higher rule: the inalienable right of academic freedom.

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About Nicholas Negroponte

Nicholas Negroponte (born 1 December 1943) is a Greek-American computer scientist best known as founder and director of Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Media Lab.

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