"Natural law is like that racist uncle that won't stop talking to you at a family bbq."

Peter Thiel has been teaching a course — CS183 — to Stanford Computer Science students. Fortunately for the rest of us, one of his students — Blake Masters — has been diligently transcribing and sharing the lessons via Tumblr. "This was probably the most interesting university course I've ever taken, albeit remotely and one degree removed, but each week I waited attentively for the next lesson. Thiel's views are unique, often requiring reading and rereading, but his love for 2x2 matrices, power laws and 'secrets' are genuinely thought altering."

Earlier this week, Google introduced Knowledge Graph, the company's new search technology that understands "things not strings" and adds rich and relevant details about your query in the sidebar of your search results. Here are five great things you can now do with a quick Google search.

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