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Wiley Gatesby · Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
The road to Rio de Janeiro is long, but the ledger travels light. These days, the Rio de Janeiro chapter of the fan club meets wherever the coffee is honest, and Brazil is a long way from Highway 75 — the welcome isn't.
Wiley Gatesby wired McSkunkville for the future from a garage behind the Chrome Barn, then did the unthinkable: gave most of it away — wings at Stripe General, laboratories at the College, a computer on every school desk.
His foundation's charter is one sentence long: 'A cure, a classroom, and a clean record for everyone.'
He still debugs the library computers himself, on Tuesdays.
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