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So glad to have you back in the mine melt, especially for this one because we've got such a stellar

session this week and it all revolves around a big question that I think way too few people ask.

And that question is why do we want what we want and not only do too few people ask that question,

even fewer ask it well. Mostly I think because doing so requires a lot of space. It's not really a

question that you can ask or investigate properly if you're anchored to the momentum of the

status quo. And why is that so? Because if you are in that momentum that preestablished context,

the only tool you have at your disposal for investigation of that question, you know, why you want,

what you want is what's around you? Whether we're talking physically, socially or digitally,

it's all tainted. It's polluted by other people's ideas and desires, which in and of themselves

are probably also tainted in the same way to begin with. So we get into this feedback loop of dubious

desires. And I don't think especially after this podcast that this is anything new. I think the

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