The following is a conversation with David Kipping, an astronomer and astrophysicist at Columbia University,

director of the Cool Worlds Lab, and he's an amazing educator about the most fascinating scientific

phenomena in our universe. I highly recommend you check out his videos on the Cool Worlds YouTube

channel. David quickly became one of my favorite human beings. I hope to talk to him many more times

in the future. And now a quick few second mention of each sponsor. Check them out in the description.

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to kind of take control of your life and take responsibility for being in this world,

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empowering. Just like discipline is freedom. I think in that same way in taking your security

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