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Making Sense
- Conversations on Consciousness, Morality and the Future of Humanity
- Gesprochen von: Sam Harris, David Chalmers, Babette Deutsch, Anil Seth, Thomas Metzinger, Timothy Snyder, Glenn C. Loury, Robert Sapolsky, Daniel Kahneman, Nick Bostrom, David Krakauer, Max Tegmark
- Spieldauer: 22 Std. und 26 Min.
- Kategorien: Geschichte, Religion

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Neuroscientist, philosopher, podcaster and best-selling author Sam Harris has been exploring some of the greatest questions concerning the human mind, society and the events that shape our world.
Harris’ search for deeper understanding of how we think has led him to engage and exchange with some of our most brilliant and controversial contemporary minds - Daniel Kahneman, Robert Sapolsky, Anil Seth and Max Tegmark - in order to unpack and understand ideas of consciousness, free will, extremism and ethical living.
For Harris, honest conversation, no matter how difficult or contentious, represents the only path to moral and intellectual progress.
Featuring 11 conversations from the hit podcast, these electric exchanges fuse wisdom with rigorous interrogation to shine a light on what it means to make sense of our world today.
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Waking Up
- A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion
- Geschrieben von: Sam Harris
- Gesprochen von: Sam Harris
- Spieldauer: 5 Std. und 53 Min.
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From multiple New York Times best-selling author, neuroscientist, and "new atheist" Sam Harris, Waking Up is for the 30 percent of Americans who follow no religion, but who suspect that Jesus, Buddha, Lao Tzu, Rumi, and the other saints and sages of history could not have all been epileptics, schizophrenics, or frauds.
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Very interesting new perspectives, an excellent book with some minor flaws
- Von Reader Am hilfreichsten 29.01.2019
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The Moral Landscape
- Geschrieben von: Sam Harris
- Gesprochen von: Sam Harris
- Spieldauer: 6 Std. und 47 Min.
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Sam Harris has discovered that most people, from secular scientists to religious fundamentalists, agree on one point: science has nothing to say on the subject of human values. Indeed, science’s failure to address questions of meaning and morality has become the primary justification for religious faith.The underlying claim is that while science is the best authority on the workings of the physical universe, religion is the best authority on meaning, values, morality, and leading a good life.
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Great book
- Von Konstantin Andreev Am hilfreichsten 09.11.2019
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Lying
- Geschrieben von: Sam Harris
- Gesprochen von: Sam Harris
- Spieldauer: 1 Std. und 15 Min.
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As it was in Anna Karenina, Madame Bovary, and Othello, so it is in life. Most forms of private vice and public evil are kindled and sustained by lies. Acts of adultery and other personal betrayals, financial fraud, government corruption - even murder and genocide - generally require an additional moral defect: a willingness to lie. In Lying, bestselling author and neuroscientist Sam Harris argues that we can radically simplify our lives and improve society by merely telling the truth in situations where others often lie.
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Ein besserer Mensch sein
- Von Anonymer Hörer Am hilfreichsten 28.10.2018
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Cynical Theories
- How Activist Scholarship Made Everything About Race, Gender, and Identity - and Why This Harms Everybody
- Geschrieben von: Helen Pluckrose, James Lindsay
- Gesprochen von: Helen Pluckrose
- Spieldauer: 9 Std. und 32 Min.
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Have you heard that language is violence and that science is sexist? Have you read that certain people shouldn't practice yoga? Or been told that being obese is healthy, that there is no such thing as biological sex, or that only White people can be racist? Are you confused by these ideas, and do you wonder how they have managed to challenge the logic of Western society? In this probing volume, Helen Pluckrose and James Lindsay document the evolution of the dogma that informs these ideas, from its coarse origins in French postmodernism to its refinement within activist academic fields.
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Changed my mind
- Von Alkis Mavridis Am hilfreichsten 07.12.2020
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The Parasitic Mind
- How Infectious Ideas Are Killing Common Sense
- Geschrieben von: Gad Saad
- Gesprochen von: Jim Meskimen
- Spieldauer: 7 Std. und 36 Min.
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Serving as a powerful follow-up to Jordan Peterson’s book 12 Rules for Life, Dr. Gad Saad unpacks what is really happening in progressive safe zones, why we need to be paying more attention to these trends, and what we must do to stop the spread of dangerous thinking. A professor at Concordia University who has witnessed this troubling epidemic firsthand, Dr. Saad dissects a multitude of these concerning forces (corrupt thought patterns, belief systems, attitudes, etc.) that have given rise to a stifling political correctness in our society.
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lazy cash grab
- Von Anonymer Hörer Am hilfreichsten 29.11.2020
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Lives of the Stoics
- The Art of Living from Zeno to Marcus Aurelius
- Geschrieben von: Ryan Holiday, Stephen Hanselman
- Gesprochen von: Ryan Holiday
- Spieldauer: 10 Std. und 8 Min.
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For millennia, Stoicism has been the ancient philosophy that attracts those who seek greatness, from athletes to politicians and everyone in between. And no wonder: its embrace of self-mastery, virtue and indifference to that which we cannot control has much to offer those grappling with today's chaotic world. But who were the Stoics? In this book, Ryan Holiday and Stephen Hanselman offer a fresh approach to understanding Stoicism through the lives of the people who practised it.
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Pain to listen
- Von Alexander B. Am hilfreichsten 14.11.2020
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Waking Up
- A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion
- Geschrieben von: Sam Harris
- Gesprochen von: Sam Harris
- Spieldauer: 5 Std. und 53 Min.
- Ungekürztes
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From multiple New York Times best-selling author, neuroscientist, and "new atheist" Sam Harris, Waking Up is for the 30 percent of Americans who follow no religion, but who suspect that Jesus, Buddha, Lao Tzu, Rumi, and the other saints and sages of history could not have all been epileptics, schizophrenics, or frauds.
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Very interesting new perspectives, an excellent book with some minor flaws
- Von Reader Am hilfreichsten 29.01.2019
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The Moral Landscape
- Geschrieben von: Sam Harris
- Gesprochen von: Sam Harris
- Spieldauer: 6 Std. und 47 Min.
- Ungekürztes
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Sam Harris has discovered that most people, from secular scientists to religious fundamentalists, agree on one point: science has nothing to say on the subject of human values. Indeed, science’s failure to address questions of meaning and morality has become the primary justification for religious faith.The underlying claim is that while science is the best authority on the workings of the physical universe, religion is the best authority on meaning, values, morality, and leading a good life.
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Great book
- Von Konstantin Andreev Am hilfreichsten 09.11.2019
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Lying
- Geschrieben von: Sam Harris
- Gesprochen von: Sam Harris
- Spieldauer: 1 Std. und 15 Min.
- Ungekürztes
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Sprecher
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As it was in Anna Karenina, Madame Bovary, and Othello, so it is in life. Most forms of private vice and public evil are kindled and sustained by lies. Acts of adultery and other personal betrayals, financial fraud, government corruption - even murder and genocide - generally require an additional moral defect: a willingness to lie. In Lying, bestselling author and neuroscientist Sam Harris argues that we can radically simplify our lives and improve society by merely telling the truth in situations where others often lie.
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Ein besserer Mensch sein
- Von Anonymer Hörer Am hilfreichsten 28.10.2018
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Cynical Theories
- How Activist Scholarship Made Everything About Race, Gender, and Identity - and Why This Harms Everybody
- Geschrieben von: Helen Pluckrose, James Lindsay
- Gesprochen von: Helen Pluckrose
- Spieldauer: 9 Std. und 32 Min.
- Ungekürztes
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Sprecher
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Geschichte
Have you heard that language is violence and that science is sexist? Have you read that certain people shouldn't practice yoga? Or been told that being obese is healthy, that there is no such thing as biological sex, or that only White people can be racist? Are you confused by these ideas, and do you wonder how they have managed to challenge the logic of Western society? In this probing volume, Helen Pluckrose and James Lindsay document the evolution of the dogma that informs these ideas, from its coarse origins in French postmodernism to its refinement within activist academic fields.
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Changed my mind
- Von Alkis Mavridis Am hilfreichsten 07.12.2020
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The Parasitic Mind
- How Infectious Ideas Are Killing Common Sense
- Geschrieben von: Gad Saad
- Gesprochen von: Jim Meskimen
- Spieldauer: 7 Std. und 36 Min.
- Ungekürztes
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Sprecher
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Serving as a powerful follow-up to Jordan Peterson’s book 12 Rules for Life, Dr. Gad Saad unpacks what is really happening in progressive safe zones, why we need to be paying more attention to these trends, and what we must do to stop the spread of dangerous thinking. A professor at Concordia University who has witnessed this troubling epidemic firsthand, Dr. Saad dissects a multitude of these concerning forces (corrupt thought patterns, belief systems, attitudes, etc.) that have given rise to a stifling political correctness in our society.
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lazy cash grab
- Von Anonymer Hörer Am hilfreichsten 29.11.2020
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Lives of the Stoics
- The Art of Living from Zeno to Marcus Aurelius
- Geschrieben von: Ryan Holiday, Stephen Hanselman
- Gesprochen von: Ryan Holiday
- Spieldauer: 10 Std. und 8 Min.
- Ungekürztes
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For millennia, Stoicism has been the ancient philosophy that attracts those who seek greatness, from athletes to politicians and everyone in between. And no wonder: its embrace of self-mastery, virtue and indifference to that which we cannot control has much to offer those grappling with today's chaotic world. But who were the Stoics? In this book, Ryan Holiday and Stephen Hanselman offer a fresh approach to understanding Stoicism through the lives of the people who practised it.
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Pain to listen
- Von Alexander B. Am hilfreichsten 14.11.2020
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Free Will
- Geschrieben von: Sam Harris
- Gesprochen von: Sam Harris
- Spieldauer: 1 Std. und 14 Min.
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A belief in free will touches nearly everything that human beings value. It is difficult to think about law, politics, religion, public policy, intimate relationships, morality—as well as feelings of remorse or personal achievement—without first imagining that every person is the true source of his or her thoughts and actions. And yet the facts tell us that free will is an illusion.
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A Masterpiece
- Von Steffen Am hilfreichsten 01.10.2015
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Breath
- The New Science of a Lost Art
- Geschrieben von: James Nestor
- Gesprochen von: James Nestor
- Spieldauer: 7 Std. und 18 Min.
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There is nothing more essential to our health and well-being than breathing. Yet, as a species, humans have lost the ability to breathe correctly, with grave consequences. Journalist James Nestor travels the world to figure out what went wrong and how to fix it. The answers aren’t found in pulmonology labs, as we might expect, but in the muddy digs of ancient burial sites, secret Soviet facilities, New Jersey choir schools, and the smoggy streets of São Paulo. Nestor tracks down men and women exploring the hidden science behind ancient breathing practices.
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Da ist noch Luft nach oben. zwinkersmiley.
- Von Sebastian Reinhardt Am hilfreichsten 22.07.2020
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The End of Gender
- Debunking the Myths About Sex and Identity in Our Society
- Geschrieben von: Debra Soh
- Gesprochen von: Debra Soh
- Spieldauer: 7 Std. und 38 Min.
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Is our gender something we’re born with, or are we conditioned by society? In The End of Gender, neuroscientist and sexologist Dr. Debra Soh uses a research-based approach to address this hot-button topic, unmasking popular misconceptions about the nature vs. nurture debate and exploring what it means to be a woman or a man in today’s society.
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Enlightening
- Von Philipp Hartmann Am hilfreichsten 19.12.2020
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The Immortality Key
- The Secret History of the Religion with No Name
- Geschrieben von: Brian C. Muraresku, Graham Hancock - foreword
- Gesprochen von: Brian C. Muraresku, Graham Hancock
- Spieldauer: 15 Std. und 11 Min.
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The most influential religious historian of the 20th century, Huston Smith, once referred to it as the "best-kept secret" in history. Did the Ancient Greeks use drugs to find God? And did the earliest Christians inherit the same, secret tradition? A profound knowledge of visionary plants, herbs, and fungi passed from one generation to the next? The Immortality Key is a groundbreaking dive into the role psychedelics have played in the origins of Western civilization, and the real-life quest for the Holy Grail that could shake the Church to its foundations.
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Read/Listen with an open mind
- Von Matthew Fultz Am hilfreichsten 09.10.2020
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Islam and the Future of Tolerance
- A Dialogue
- Geschrieben von: Sam Harris, Maajid Nawaz
- Gesprochen von: Sam Harris, Maajid Nawaz
- Spieldauer: 3 Std. und 40 Min.
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In this short book, Sam Harris and Maajid Nawaz invite you to join an urgently needed conversation: Is Islam a religion of peace or war? Is it amenable to reform? Why do so many Muslims seem drawn to extremism? What do words like Islamism, jihadism, and fundamentalism mean in today's world? Remarkable for the breadth and depth of its analysis, this dialogue between a famous atheist and a former radical is all the more startling for its decorum. Harris and Nawaz have produced something genuinely new: they engage one of the most polarizing issues of our time - fearlessly and fully - and actually make progress.
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This is a super educational and progressive book.
- Von Altairtoral Am hilfreichsten 23.09.2017
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Behave
- Geschrieben von: Robert M Sapolsky
- Gesprochen von: Michael Goldstrom
- Spieldauer: 26 Std. und 27 Min.
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We are capable of savage acts of violence but also spectacular feats of kindness: is one side of our nature destined to win out over the other? Every act of human behaviour has multiple layers of causation, spiralling back seconds, minutes, hours, days, months, years, even centuries, right back to the dawn of time and the origins of our species. In the epic sweep of history, how does our biology affect the arc of war and peace, justice and persecution? How have our brains evolved alongside our cultures?
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Great book
- Von Sap Am hilfreichsten 04.01.2021
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Tools of Titans
- The Tactics, Routines, and Habits of Billionaires, Icons, and World-Class Performers
- Geschrieben von: Tim Ferriss
- Gesprochen von: Ray Porter, Kaleo Griffith, Tim Ferriss, und andere
- Spieldauer: 22 Std. und 41 Min.
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The latest groundbreaking tome from Tim Ferriss, the number-one New York Times best-selling author of The 4-Hour Workweek. For the last two years, I've interviewed more than 200 world-class performers for my podcast, The Tim Ferriss Show. The guests range from super celebs (Jamie Foxx, Arnold Schwarzenegger, etc.) and athletes (icons of powerlifting, gymnastics, surfing, etc.) to legendary Special Operations commanders and black-market biochemists. For most of my guests, it’s the first time they’ve agreed to a two-to-three-hour interview.
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Nützlich für jeden.
- Von Sebastian Am hilfreichsten 01.01.2021
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Superintelligence
- Paths, Dangers, Strategies
- Geschrieben von: Nick Bostrom
- Gesprochen von: Napoleon Ryan
- Spieldauer: 14 Std. und 17 Min.
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Superintelligence asks the questions: What happens when machines surpass humans in general intelligence? Will artificial agents save or destroy us? Nick Bostrom lays the foundation for understanding the future of humanity and intelligent life. The human brain has some capabilities that the brains of other animals lack. It is to these distinctive capabilities that our species owes its dominant position. If machine brains surpassed human brains in general intelligence, then this new superintelligence could become extremely powerful - possibly beyond our control.
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Probably great content, performance renders it near insufferable to listen
- Von Vidar Andersen Am hilfreichsten 15.04.2016
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The Madness of Crowds
- Gender, Race and Identity
- Geschrieben von: Douglas Murray
- Gesprochen von: Douglas Murray
- Spieldauer: 11 Std. und 56 Min.
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In The Madness of Crowds Douglas Murray investigates the dangers of ‘woke’ culture and the rise of identity politics. In lively, razor-sharp prose he examines the most controversial issues of our moment: sexuality, gender, technology and race, with interludes on the Marxist foundations of ‘wokeness’, the impact of tech and how, in an increasingly online culture, we must relearn the ability to forgive.
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A Voice of Reason
- Von TH Am hilfreichsten 26.09.2019
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The Tyranny of Merit
- What’s Become of the Common Good?
- Geschrieben von: Michael J. Sandel
- Gesprochen von: Michael J Sandel
- Spieldauer: 11 Std. und 17 Min.
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These are dangerous times for democracy. We live in an age of winners and losers, where the odds are stacked in favour of the already fortunate. Stalled social mobility and entrenched inequality give the lie to the promise that 'you can make it if you try'. And the consequence is a brew of anger and frustration that has fuelled populist protest, with the triumph of Brexit and election of Donald Trump.
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The Blank Slate
- The Modern Denial of Human Nature
- Geschrieben von: Steven Pinker
- Gesprochen von: Victor Bevine
- Spieldauer: 22 Std. und 40 Min.
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Recently many people have assumed that we are blank slates shaped by our environment. But this denies the heart of our being: human nature. Violence is not just a product of society; male and female minds are different; the genes we give our children shape them more than our parenting practices. To acknowledge our innate abilities, Pinker shows, is not to condone inequality but to understand the very foundations of humanity.
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uneingeschränkte Empfehlung
- Von Anonymer Hörer Am hilfreichsten 02.08.2020
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The Wim Hof Method
- Activate Your Potential, Transcend Your Limits
- Geschrieben von: Wim Hof
- Gesprochen von: Apolo Anton Ohno
- Spieldauer: 7 Std. und 8 Min.
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Wim Hof has become a modern icon for his astounding achievements, breaking world records withstanding extreme temperatures and running barefoot marathons over deserts and ice fields. Most of all, he's shown us that these feats are not superhuman - but that all of us have the ability to be stronger, healthier and happier than we've ever imagined. In The Wim Hof Method, this trailblazer of human potential shares his simple three-pillar approach that anyone can use to improve health and performance - and see real results within just a few days.
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A couple of good tips but...
- Von lorenz Am hilfreichsten 14.01.2021
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