Best Eran Dror Podcasts (2024)

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074. Kevin Kelly: Living with Technology 45:55

8M ago45:55

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TODAY'S GUEST One of the most tragic aspects of the accelerating pace of change, and rapid evolution of new technologies — is that we as humanity have lost our elders. We begin to see older generations as detached from the current world of innovation, and have to discount advice and experiences gained in an age that feels so different from our own.…

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026. Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie: Community, Ritual, and Creativity 1:22:39

9M ago1:22:39

1:22:39

TODAY'S GUEST Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie is an Israeli-born, Jewish educator, writer, and performance artist. He's the creator of Storahtelling, Inc. and the founding spiritual leader of Lab/Shul in NYC, an artist-driven, everybody friendly, God-optional, pop-up experimental community for sacred Jewish gatherings. Amichai is a member of the Global Jus…

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047. Jerry Colonna: Why Better Humans Make Better Leaders 1:07:05

9M ago1:07:05

1:07:05

TODAY'S GUEST Jerry Colonna is the CEO and co-founder of Reboot.io, an executive coaching and leadership development firm whose coaches and facilitators are committed to the notion that better humans make better leaders. For nearly 20 years, he has used the knowledge gained as an investor, an executive, and a board member for more than 100 organiza…

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006. Kathy Davies: Design Your Life to Get Unstuck 1:38:21

9M ago1:38:21

1:38:21

TODAY’S GUEST Kathy Davies wears many hats - she’s a Design Lecturer at Stanford University. She's the Managing Director of the Stanford Life Design lab, where she and her team have trained 150 universities globally to use the life design processes on their campuses to help students design, prototype, and test the right career paths for them. She i…

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062. Vicki Tan: Intuition and Bias 1:09:17

9M ago1:09:17

1:09:17

TODAY'S GUEST Vicki Tan is a Product Designer, a public speaker, a student of Behavioral Psychology, and a dog mom based in Brooklyn. She currently works at Spotify, and has previously worked at Headspace, Lyft, and Google. She cares deeply about the human aspects of design, and the insights that data cannot provide. In her spare time, she's workin…

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061. Geci Karuri-Sebina: Our Urban Future 53:50

9M ago53:50

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TODAY'S GUEST Dr. Geci Karuri-Sebina is a futurist, urban planning thinker, and the author of Innovation Africa: Emerging Hubs of Excellence. She's a faculty member at Singularity University South Africa with a focus on urban futures, including smart cities, networks, urban planning, governance and development, and innovation systems. She's an asso…

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052. Dan Formosa: The Joy of Design 1:03:48

10M ago1:03:48

1:03:48

TODAY'S GUEST Dan Formosa consults with companies and organizations worldwide on design and innovation. He was an early proponent of “design for all” (a.k.a. Inclusive Design). He lectures internationally on design, research, and the future of design, and is the recipient of numerous design awards. Dan holds degrees in product design, ergonomics, a…

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057. Greg Hoffman: Emotion by Design 48:01

11M ago48:01

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TODAY'S GUEST Greg Hoffman is Nike's former Chief Marketing Officer, a global brand leader, advisor, and speaker, and the author of Emotion by Design: Creative Leadership Lessons From a Life at Nike. In his book, Greg shares lessons and stories on the power of creativity drawn from almost three decades of experience within the company. It's a celeb…

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058. Richard Bartlett: Decentralized by Design 54:21

11M ago54:21

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TODAY'S GUEST Today, I'm speaking to Richard D. Bartlett, aka Rich Decibels. During the Occupy movement in 2011, Rich caught a glimpse of a different way of being together — more compassionate, more intelligent, more creative, inclusive, and animating than he'd experienced as a student worker or citizen up to that point. Since then, he's been on a …

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053. Irene Au: Bridging Design and Technology 1:10:35

11M ago1:10:35

1:10:35

TODAY'S GUEST Irene Au is Design Partner at Khosla Ventures, where she works with early-, mid-, and late-stage startup CEOs. She is dedicated to raising the strategic value of design and user research within software companies through better methods, practices, processes, leadership, talent, and quality. Irene has unprecedented experience elevating…

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054. Jay McClelland: Networks That Learn 1:20:28

11M ago1:20:28

1:20:28

TODAY'S GUEST Jay McClelland is a Computational Cognitive Neuroscientist and one of the founding fathers of the field of neural networks and deep learning in the 1980s, which led directly to today's explosion in AI and machine learning algorithms that are transforming our lives. He is the Lucie Stern Professor at Stanford University, where he was f…

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073. Eli Green: Gender Beyond the Binary 1:11:30

12M ago1:11:30

1:11:30

TODAY'S GUEST Today we're talking about transgender issues. Specifically, what should the rest of us know about transgender people? This is a topic that I admit I know very little about, but one that feels important at the very least, if one wants to avoid causing unnecessary pain. Language itself seems to be changing when it comes to gender, and w…

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055. Tobias Rees: Transforming the Human 1:20:10

12M ago1:20:10

1:20:10

TODAY'S GUEST Dr. Tobias Rees is CEO of Transformations of the Human School, and was formerly the William Dawson Chair at McGill University and the Reid Hoffman Professor of Humanities at the Parsons School of Design. He is a Fellow of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research and holds degrees in philosophy, anthropology, and neurobiology. In t…

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037. Karoli Hindriks: Redesigning the Passport 54:42

1y ago54:42

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TODAY'S GUEST Karoli Hindriks is the CEO and founder of Jobbatical, a startup Forbes named one of Europe's 10 Most Exciting Technology SMEs for 2018. Jobbatical is working on removing the friction of international relocation by making immigration processes seamless through technology. In 2020 the EU Council named her one of the 8 most inspiring wom…

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017. Hila Lifshitz-Assaf: Open Up to Innovation 1:36:30

1y ago1:36:30

1:36:30

TODAY’S GUEST Dr. Hila Lifshitz-Assaf is an Associate Professor at NYU Stern. She is also a faculty associate at Harvard’s Lab for Innovation Science. Her work received the prestigious INSPIRE grant from the National Science Foundation, has been recognized to have a strong impact on industry, and has been taught at a variety of institutions around …

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046. Shari Davis: The Power of Participatory Budgeting 55:26

1y ago55:26

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TODAY'S GUEST Shari Davis is a TED speaker, a participatory budgeting facilitator, and as she defines it, a recovering local government employee. She joined the Participatory Budgeting Project (PBP) after nearly 15 years of service and leadership in local government. As director of youth engagement and employment for the City of Boston, she launche…

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003. Shahar Avin: Playing for AI’s Future? 1:34:53

1y ago1:34:53

1:34:53

TODAY’S GUEST Dr. Shahar Avin is a Senior Research Associate at the Center for the Study of Existential Risk (CSER) at Cambridge University, focusing primarily on risks associated with artificial intelligence and deep learning algorithms. EPISODE SUMMARY We discuss: Shahar’s unique approach of discovering truths through simulation and gaming. His i…

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072. Leah Ziliak: The Coliving Cause 48:29

1y ago48:29

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TODAY'S GUEST Today, we're talking about coliving. I've long believed that paying attention to the fact that humans evolved to live in tribes, as opposed to isolated nuclear families, was the key to unlocking a tremendous amount of latent needs, wellbeing, and happiness. Today, a convergence of different trends is making coliving a real movement in…

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022. Jordan Ellenberg: Math, Geometry and Life 1:11:35

1y ago1:11:35

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TODAY'S GUEST Jordan Ellenberg is a professor of mathematics at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and the bestselling author of How Not to Be Wrong: The Power of Mathematical Thinking. His new book, Shape: The Hidden Geometry of Information, Biology, Strategy, Democracy, and Everything Else, came out earlier this year. Jordan lives in Madison, Wi…

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036. Leidy Klotz: When Less is More 1:07:57

1y ago1:07:57

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TODAY'S GUEST Dr. Leidy Klotz is the Copenhaver Associate Professor at the University of Virginia, where he is appointed in the Schools of Engineering, Architecture, and Business. He co-founded and co-directs the university's Convergent Behavioral Science Initiative, which engages and supports applied, interdisciplinary research. Leidy studies how …

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023. David Peter Stroh: Systems, Design, and Social Change 1:02:45

1y ago1:02:45

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TODAY'S GUEST David Peter Stroh is the bestselling author of Systems Thinking for Social Change: A Practical Guide for Solving Complex Problems, Avoiding Unintended Consequences, and Achieving Lasting Results. For the past 40 years, David has helped leaders to apply systems thinking to organizational strategy, and achieve breakthrough, sustainable …

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071. Donald Robertson: On Stoicism and Outrage 1:07:41

1y ago1:07:41

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TODAY'S GUEST Today, we talk about anger. Everywhere you look, it feels like outrage and anger are on the rise. Populist politicians win elections based on popular anger, and when they lose, they claim their elections had been stolen to further sow outrage. Social media seems to feed on and amplify anger. So much so that we now have new names for t…

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013. Donatella Caggiano: Designing a Return Home 1:53:49

1y ago1:53:49

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TODAY’S GUEST Donatella Caggiano is a Global Creativity Hacker. With her methodology crossing design, storytelling, and strategy, she works at applying creativity to processes of change and transformation for brands, communities and people. She made a crucial decision to leave the high powered Business World of Corporate America in mid-life, return…

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070. Che-Wei Wang and Taylor Levy: The Design Practice 1:00:41

1+ y ago1:00:41

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TODAY'S GUEST Today, we talk about the practice of design, and how designers who learn to work with and understand technology can bring a humanistic, creative perspective to technology that can truly transform our understanding of what it can do. I've long believed that advanced technology can be beautiful, poetic, and philosophical in nature. In f…

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044. Bayo Akomolafe: Activism Beyond Words and Agendas 1:05:34

1+ y ago1:05:34

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TODAY'S GUEST Dr. Bayo Akomolafe is an academic lecturer, a spiritual leader, a disillusioned activist, and the author of These Wilds Beyond Our Fences: Letters to My Daughter on Humanity's Search for Home. He was born in 1983 into a Christian home, and to Yoruba parents in western Nigeria. Soon after he was born, his family emigrated to Bonn, Germ…

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039. Max Rashbrooke: Time to Upgrade Democracy? 1:03:39

1+ y ago1:03:39

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TODAY'S GUEST Max Rashbrooke's TED Talk on upgrading democracy has touched a nerve, and has been viewed over 1 million times in a matter of months. He's a Wellington-based writer and public intellectual, with twin interests in economic inequality and democratic renewal. His latest book is Too Much Money, about wealth disparities in New Zealand, and…

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028. Alan Lightman: Physics and the Rarity of Life 44:30

1+ y ago44:30

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TODAY'S GUEST Alan Lightman is an American writer, physicist and social entrepreneur. He served on the faculties of Harvard and MIT, and was the first person at MIT to receive dual faculty appointments in science and in the humanities. Currently, he serves as professor for the practice of the humanities at MIT. In his scientific research, he has ma…

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069. Adia Gooden: On Feeling Worthy 55:53

1+ y ago55:53

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TODAY'S GUEST Today, we talk about worthiness. Worthiness, and the lack of it, is something that's been a primary part of my struggles to start sharing more of my thoughts and beliefs, to allow myself to assume a leadership role in business and in other areas, and to search for an enduring romantic relationship. Lack of worthiness seems to be at th…

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042. Lee Mun Wah: Connecting Across Difference 1:26:08

1+ y ago1:26:08

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TODAY'S GUEST Lee Mun Wah is an internationally renowned documentary filmmaker, TED speaker, author, poet, folkteller, educator, community therapist, and master diversity trainer at Stir Fry Seminars and Consulting, a diversity training company he founded. He's most famous for his truly incredible documentaries, like The Color of Fear, Last Chance …

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025. Pia Mancini: Designing for Digital Democracy 1:23:48

1+ y ago1:23:48

1:23:48

TODAY'S GUEST Pia Mancini is a co-founder and CEO at Open Collective, a chair of the Democracy Earth Foundation, and a democracy activist who helped create the DemocracyOS platform and launched a Net Party in Argentina. Her TED Talk, about upgrading democracy for the internet era, has exceeded a million views and helped reshape the conversation aro…

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035. Christian Madsbjerg: Why the Humanities Matter 57:36

1+ y ago57:36

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TODAY'S GUEST Christian Madsbjerg is a Professor of Applied Humanities at The New School and a co-founder of the pioneering Red Associates, a consultancy with offices in Copenhagen and New York City, which brings the human sciences to bear on strategic business problems, mostly dealing with companies in trouble. Christian writes, speaks, and teache…

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068. Lynn Novick: The Power of Knowledge 1:03:31

1+ y ago1:03:31

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TODAY'S GUEST Lynn Novick has been directing and producing landmark documentary films about American life and culture, history, politics, sports, art, architecture, literature, and music for more than 30 years. The 80 hours of acclaimed PBS programming she has created in collaboration with Ken Burns include The Vietnam War, Baseball, Jazz, Frank Ll…

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067. Marilyn Paul: Design Your Day of Rest 53:06

1+ y ago53:06

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TODAY'S GUEST Dr. Marilyn Paul is the author of It's Hard to Make a Difference When You Can't Find Your Keys and An Oasis in Time: How a Day of Rest Can Save Your Life. She is the co-founder of Bridgeway Partners, a consulting firm dedicated to using systems thinking approaches to multi-sectoral and complex organizational challenges. We spoke at th…

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066. Carissa Carter: The Magic of Maps 51:40

1+ y ago51:40

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TODAY'S GUEST Carissa Carter is the author of The Secret Language of Maps. She's a designer, geoscientist, and Academic Director at the Stanford d.school. Carissa drives the d.school's pedagogy and teaches courses on the intersection of data and design, design for climate change, maps, and the visual sorting of information, and she helped lead the …

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065. Ashish Goel: Creative Courage 44:48

1+ y ago44:48

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TODAY'S GUEST Ashish Goel is the author of Drawing on Courage: Risks Worth Taking and Stands Worth Making. It's a part of a series of guides being published by the Stanford d.school. Ashish is a designer, an entrepreneur, and a former teaching fellow at the Stanford d.school where he has taught classes on design thinking, digital product design, an…

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064. John Maeda: Between Man and Machine 59:29

1+ y ago59:29

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TODAY'S GUEST John Maeda is an American technologist and product experience leader with a passion for RESILIENCE and renewal. He began his early career at MIT at the intersection of computer science and visual design, and served there as Professor of Design and Computation and as Head of Research at the MIT MediaLab. He was a design partner at Klei…

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063. Chris Dancy: The Opposite of Unplugged 58:32

1+ y ago58:32

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TODAY'S GUEST Chris Dancy is known as "the Most Connected Man on Earth". Chris is a TED speaker and the author of Don't Unplug: How Technology Saved My Life and Can Save Yours Too. He was featured on Showtime's Dark Net, the cover of Businessweek, and interviewed by The Wall Street Journal, NPR, the BBC, Fox News, and Wired. Chris entered the publi…

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012. Angel Acosta: Teaching, Healing, and Inequality 1:18:25

1+ y ago1:18:25

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TODAY'S GUEST For the last decade, Dr. Angel Acosta has worked to bridge the fields of leadership, social justice, and mindfulness. He completed his doctorate at Teachers College, Columbia University. After participating in the Mind and Life Institute’s Academy for Contemplative Leadership, Angel began consulting and developing learning experiences…

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027. BJ Miller: Better Care, in Life and Death 57:13

1+ y ago57:13

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TODAY'S GUEST BJ Miller is an American physician, author, and speaker. He is a practicing hospice and palliative medicine physician, and is best known for his 2015 TED Talk, "What Really Matters at the End of Life". BJ, who served as an executive director of San Francisco's Zen Hospice Project, has been on the teaching faculty at UCSF School of Med…

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060. Susie Wise: Belonging by Design 55:56

1+ y ago55:56

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TODAY'S GUEST Susie Wise is a designer, educator, and author, whose wonderful book Design for Belonging: How to Build Inclusion and Collaboration in Your Communities came out in April 2022 as part of the new Stanford d.school book series on core design skills. She teaches at the Stanford d.school and coaches leaders in innovation practices and libe…

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059. Eyal Press: Dirty Work 1:02:43

1+ y ago1:02:43

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TODAY'S GUEST Eyal Press is a regular contributor to The New Yorker and The New York Times. His most recent book is Dirty Work: Essential Jobs and the Hidden Toll of Inequality in America, which won the 2022 Hillman Prize and was named a New York Times Notable book. He's also the host of the podcast Primary Sources. We spoke in mid-June 2022, and I…

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056. John-Paul Flintoff: Creativity and Connection 1:08:19

1+ y ago1:08:19

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TODAY'S GUEST John-Paul Flintoff is a writer, performer, and illustrator, and the author of books like How to Change the World and A Modest Book About How to Make an Adequate Speech. He worked for 15 years as a writer and associate editor on the Financial Times, The Sunday Times, and other papers in magazines, and has been involved with The School …

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016. Joe Macleod: Designing the End 1:18:54

1+ y ago1:18:54

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TODAY'S GUEST Joe Macleod was Global Head of Design for the legendary Design agency and game studio UsTwo, and is a veteran with decades of experience across service, digital, and product sectors. In recent years, he became fascinated with the problem of designing good ending experiences and is the founder of what he calls “the world's first custom…

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018. Steve Krug: Designing For Clarity 1:00:09

2y ago1:00:09

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TODAY'S GUEST Steve Krug is one of the founding fathers of User Experience and Usability Design, and a bestselling author of two foundational classics in the field: Don’t Make Me Think, his guide to Usability Design with over 600,000 copies in print today, and Rocket Surgery Made Easy, a friendly guide to Usability Testing. He based his writing on …

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