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People
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Organizations
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Locations
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Events
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Relationships
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Quotes
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Biographical profile / briefing document
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Summary
This document is a biographical briefing page featuring profiles of scientist Stephen Wolfram and game designer Will Wright. It details their educational backgrounds, career milestones (Wolfram Research, Maxis/EA), and major creations (Mathematica, SimCity, The Sims). The document bears a 'HOUSE_OVERSIGHT' footer, indicating it is part of a larger collection of documents reviewed by the House Oversight Committee, likely related to the Jeffrey Epstein investigation, though Epstein is not explicitly named in this specific page text.
People (11)
| Name | Role | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Stephen Wolfram | Subject |
Scientist, Creator of Mathematica and Wolfram|Alpha, CEO of Wolfram Research
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| William Ralph 'Will' Wright | Subject |
Video game designer, Co-founder of Maxis
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| Jeff Braun | Associate |
Co-founder of Maxis, Investor
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| Joell Jones | Family |
Will Wright's first wife, artist
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| Fred Haslam | Colleague |
Co-designer of SimCity 2000
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| Roberta Williams | Reference |
Mentioned as notable game designer
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| Peter Molyneux | Reference |
Mentioned as notable game designer
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| Christopher Alexander | Influence |
Architectural theorist whose work inspired Wright
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| Jay Forrester | Influence |
Urban theorist whose work inspired Wright
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| James Lovelock | Influence |
Scientist (Gaia Theory) whose work inspired SimEarth
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| E.O. Wilson | Influence |
Scientist (The Ants) whose work inspired SimAnt
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Organizations (13)
Timeline (4 events)
March 11, 2005
Game Developers Conference presentation announcing Spore
Game Developers Conference
Will Wright
Locations (7)
Relationships (3)
Together they formed Maxis the next year...
met his first wife Joell Jones
He co-designed SimCity 2000 (1993) with Fred Haslam
Key Quotes (3)
"Any human institutional system that draws on the intelligence of all its members is a metabrain."Source
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"the world's most important pizza party."Source
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Quote #2
"The board looked at The Sims and said, 'What is this? He wants to do an interactive doll house? The guy is out of his mind.'"Source
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Quote #3
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