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" How can you build something for someone else if you don't have enough familiarity with them to imagine the world through their eyes? "

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" Planet colonization is not a short term concern of mine. The physical limitations of space travel render it low on the list for me. "

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" I'm also launching a podcast. Because, I mean, the world desperately needs another podcast, am I right? Not to be a tease, but the format is different from anything else I've seen out there, and the subject matter is hopefully boundless, eye-opening, and a little cathartic. "

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" They are desperate for surrogates to get behind Trump, and they can't find anyone who has actually had genuine success who is willing to stand behind him. That is because he is all smoke and mirrors. We know he doesn't have all the money he claims he has. "

" I'm good at what I do and still improving as I learn from mentors, founders, partners, friends, family, strangers, my own investors, and the experience itself. "

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