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25 Tech Insiders on the Innovations Defining American Life Today
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<p class="card-text line-clamp-3">TIME asked Tim Cook, Ray Kurzweil, Gwynne Shotwell, and 22 others to tell us about an innovation that speaks to America at 250.</p>
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