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SUNDAY, 27 SEPTEMBER 1998
Find your purpose.
It's in the drawer with the takeaway menus and a key to a flat you'll never live in again.
— Zack, unqualified
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PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
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- AI agrees with you more than any human ever has. That's not wisdom. That's…
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