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Hello, everyone.

I'm Stephen West.

This is VelocifizeThis and boy oh boy.

Am I excited today?

Because I'm in the presence of a man that I've looked up to for quite some time now.

Since I was but a child, a man who carries a list of accomplishments so fast, so extensive.

I'd like to even try to mention them right now.

It'd be a lost cause because I'd run out of the valuable time that he's bestowed upon

me.

Professor of philosophy at City University of New York, New York Times contributor, the

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