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86. Why We’re Basically Just Bonobos Monkeys with Better Tech | Rebecca Costa57:17

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Rebecca D Costa (@rebeccacosta) is an American sociobiologist and futurist and a recipient of the prestigious Edward O. Wilson Biodiversity Technology Award. Her work has been featured in the New York Times, Washington Post, USA Today, The Guardian, and other leading publications and here weekly column, THE FIX, is presently featured on Newsmax ...…

85. A New Story for Climate Change and Creating a Better World | Charles Eisenstein49:52

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Charles Eisenstein (@ceisenstein) is an author, podcaster and public speaker focusing on themes of civilization, consciousness, money, and human cultural evolution.His online writings have built a tremendous following; he speaks frequently at conferences and other events, and gives numerous interviews on radio and podcasts. He has been called “ ...…

84. Consistently Predicting Tech Trends Decades Before They Happen | Daniel Burrus46:42

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Daniel Burrus (@danielburrus) is considered one of the world’s leading futurist speakers on global trends and innovation and The New York Times has referred to him as one of the top three business gurus in the highest demand as a speaker.Daniel is a strategic advisor to executives from Fortune 500 companies such as Microsoft, GE, American Expre ...…

83. Studying Ants Emergent Behavior to Advance AI, Robotics and Even Neuroscience | Deborah Gordon48:47

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Deborah Gordon is a Professor of Biology at Stanford University studying the evolution of collective behavior using ant colonies as a model. Her research focuses on how ant colonies regulate their behavior in response to environmental changes, and how collective behavior is related to ecology. This work is highly relevant given the nature of sw ...…

82. Why Who is More Important than How for Leadership, Business and Happiness | Lolly Daskal52:59

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Lolly Daskal (@lollydaskal) is one of the most sought-after executive leadership coaches in the world with extensive cross-cultural expertise spans 14 countries, six languages and hundreds of companies.Of her many awards and accolades, Lolly was designated aTop-50 Leadership and Management Expert by Inc.com, 100 Great Leadership Speakers for Yo ...…

81. Blockchain, Isolationism, Space Exploration and the Future of Nations | David Orban of Singularity University1:10:51

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David Orban (@davidorban) is an entrepreneur, author, keynote speaker and the Founder and Managing Partner of Network Society Ventures, a seed stage global investment firm focused on innovative startups at the intersection of exponential technologies and decentralized networks.An early adopter of blockchain and an active Bitcoin investor since ...…

80. Gigaom CEO Byron Reese on AI Consciousness, Tech Progress and 4th Age of Humanity50:04

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Byron Reese (@byronreese) is the CEO and publisher of Gigaom, an industry-leading technology research company. Byron's also an award-winning author, speaker and futurist with a strong conviction that technology will help bring about a new golden age of humanity.Byron holds a number of technology patents and hosts two podcasts about artificial i ...…

79. The Science of Brain Aging, Basis of Consciousness and Future of Neuroscience | Dr. Brynn Winegard56:29

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Dr. Brynn Winegard (@drbrynnwinegard) is a neuroscience, psychology and marketing expert, award-winning professor, speaker, and expert. She speaks frequently on the topics of persuasion, productivity, the neuroscience of leadership, motivation and preventing age-related cognitive decline.Coupled with over a decade in corporate marketing working ...…

78. Catching the Most Notorious Spy in US History and Why James Bond’s Just a Hacker | Eric O’Neill52:08

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Eric O'Neill (@eoneill) is an accomplished speaker, security expert and author that presents keynotes about espionage and national security, cybersecurity, fraud, corporate diligence and defense, hacking, pursuing one's dreams and surviving Hollywood.Eric has worked as an FBI counterterrorism and counterintelligence operative, a national securi ...…

77. End Degenerative Disease, Increase IQ and Live Longer while Saving the World | Dr. David Perlmutter1:00:43

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Dr. David Perlmutter (@davidperlmutter) is a Board-Certified Neurologist, four-time New York Times bestselling author and serves on the Board of Directors at the American College of Nutrition.David serves as a member of the Editorial Board for the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease and has published in numerous peer-reviewed scientific journals inc ...…

76. Climate Change, Mass Extinctions and the Doom of the Dinosaurs | Peter Brannen47:44

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Peter Brannen (@peterbrannen1) is an award-winning science journalist whose work has appeared in The New York Times, The Atlantic, The Washington Post, Wired, Aeon, The Boston Globe, Slate and The Guardian among other publications. His book, The Ends of the World, about the five major mass extinctions in Earth's history.Peter is a 2018 Scripps ...…

75. Designer Babies, Reviving the Neanderthals and Funding Fundamental Science | Prosanta Chakrabarty49:17

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Prosanta Chakrabarty (@preaux_fish) is a systematist and an ichthyologist studying the evolution and biogeography of both freshwater and marine fishes. His work includes studies of Neotropical (Central and South America, Caribbean) and Indo-West Pacific (Indian and Western Pacific Ocean) fishes.Prosanta is an Associate Professor and Curator of ...…

74. Megashifts, AI and Why the Future is More Unknowable than Ever | Gerd Leonhard48:19

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Gerd Leonhard (@gleonhard) is a futurist, keynote speaker and author and listed by Wired Magazine as one of the top 100 most influential people in Europe (2015). Gerd’s work focuses on the future of humanity, technology and digital transformation; including big disruptors like artificial intelligence, robotics, the future of content and media a ...…

73. How to Live Longer, Healthier Lives and Rewrite the Rules of News | Peter Bowes of Live Long and Master Aging Podcast52:28

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Peter Bowes (@peterbowes) is BBC Correspondent, biohacker and hosting of the Live Long and Master Aging Podcast where he explores the science and stories behind human longevity.On the podcast Peter interviews world-renowned scientists, future thinkers and biohackers focused on how we can live longer and healthier lives and talks a great deal ab ...…

72. Seth Shostak on SETI, Space and the Search for Extraterrestrial Life | Big Picture Science43:24

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Seth Shostak (@sethshostak) is a Senior Astronomer at the SETI Institute and host of the popular weekly science radio show Big Picture Science which connect the latest research to identify emerging trends - and why they matter.Seth has degrees in physics and astronomy from Princeton University and Caltech and a long history of research in radio ...…

71. Solving the Hard Problem of Consciousness with a Mathematical God and Messed Up Perception of Reality | Donald Hoffman1:08:54

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Donald Hoffman (@donaldhoffman) is a cognitive scientist, popular author and Professor of Cognitive Science at UC Irvine. He studies how our visual perception, guided by millions of years of natural selection, authors every aspect of our everyday reality.Don has co-authored two technical books: Observer Mechanics: A Formal Theory of Perception ...…

70. The End of Oceans and Life as We Know It? | Carl Safina58:21

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Carl Safina (@carlsafina) is author of various books and many other writings about how the ocean is changing, lives of free-living animals, and the human relationship with the natural world. His books include among others the award-winning Song for the Blue Ocean and Eye of the Albatross, as well as The View From Lazy Point; A Natural Year in a ...…

69. Bio Inspired Robotics, Drones on Battlefield and Building Realworld C3PO? | Auke Ijspeert47:21

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Auke Ijspeert is a professor at the EPFL (the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology at Lausanne), and head of the Biorobotics Laboratory (BioRob). Auke is interested in using numerical simulations and robots to get a better understanding of animal locomotion and movement control, and in using inspiration from biology to design novel types of ro ...…

68. Hillary Clinton’s Top Advisor on Technology, Innovation, Biotech and Future of Politics | Alec Ross

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Alec serves as an advisor to investors, corporations and government leaders to help them understand the implication of factors emerging at the intersection of geopolitics, markets and increasingly disruptive network technologies and is on the board of directors (or advisors) for companies in the fields of technology, media, telecommunications, ...…

67. The Future of Digital Health, Personalized Medicine and Possible Immortality | Bertalan Meskó – The Medical Futurist48:26

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Dr. Bertalan Meskó (@berci) is The Medical Futurist, one of the world’s leading biotech thinkers and keynote speakers. A self-described geek physician with a PhD in genomics, Bertalan is an Amazon Top 100 author and host of the popular Youtube channel The Medical Futurist (TMF).Bertalan envisions the impact of digital health technologies on the ...…

66. Inventing TV on the Internet a Tad Bit Too Early | Scott Klososky45:18

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Scott Klososky (@sklososky) is a technologist, entrepreneur and thought leader that specializes in helping leaders see the world in new ways. He has built and sold multiple companies, the largest being webcasts.com which was ultimately acquired by iBEAM for approximately $115 million in stock in April of 2000.After the acquisition, he served as ...…

65. Artificial Intelligence for Good | XPrize Adivsor Oliver Christie52:49

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Oliver Christie (@oliverchristie) is the founder and CEO of Artificial Intelligence consulting firm Foxy Machine. He works across multiple industries to help integrate Artificial Intelligence into companies and organizations, leveraging data for smarter outcomes. Foxy Machine also has a research arm that looks into the future of Artificial Inte ...…

64. The Dangers of AI and Safety of Mutually Assured Destruction | George Dvorsky53:20

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George Dvorsky (@dvorsky) is a Canadian futurist, science writer, and ethicist that has written and spoken extensively about the impacts of cutting-edge science and technology—particularly as they pertain to the improvement of human performance and experience. He is also a senior staff reporter at the popular tech blog Gizmodo, a contributing e ...…

63. Understanding the Adoption Curve of VR and Mixed Reality | Sam Watts44:05

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Sam Watts (@vr_sam) is one of the foremost thinkers on VR and the Director of Immersive Technologies at MakeReal, a company that believes that immersive digital products are transforming the way we work, play and learn. MakeReal makes virtual reality experiences, augmented reality devices, collaborative ‘serious games’ and other tools that supp ...…

62. Combatting Climate Change 2M Subscribers at a Time | Alex Reich of MinuteEarth43:48

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Alex Reich (@alexhreich) is the co-founder of MinuteEarth, an incredibly successful Youtube channel with over 2M subscribers focused on sharing bit-sized science and stories about our amazing planet. He helped start the channel and today serves as writer, editor and director because he believes (as do I) that science communication is a powerful ...…

61. Arduino Co-founder David Cuartielles on the Open Source Movement and Future of Education46:56

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David Cuartielles (@dcuartielles) is the co-founder and co-creator of Arduino the open hardware platform Arduino, which has become a leading platform for DIY electronics and which earned the team an Honorary Mention at the Ars Electronica Digital Community Prix 2006, the SER price 2015, the FIUM price 2017, and an Ashoka Fellowship 2017, among ...…

60. The Future of Commerce, Customer Service and Personalization | Blake Morgan41:57

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Blake Morgan (@blakemichellem) is an author, keynote speaker and customer experience futurist currently working on her second book with HarperCollins on customer experience technology. Her first book is More is More: How The Best Companies Work Harder And Go Farther To Create Knock Your Socks Off Customer Experiences.Blake is adjunct faculty at ...…

59. Why the US Has the Worst Voting System in the World | Aaron Hamlin of The Center for Election Science52:05

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Aaron Hamlin (@aaronfhamlin) is the executive director of The Center for Election Science, a non-profit focused on advancing better voting methods so the people can more meaningfully impact and benefit the world through democracy. Guess what, the US voting system was recently declared an oligarchy by a reputable Princeton study, meaning the peo ...…

58. Glenn Loury on The Intellectual Dark Web, Affirmative Action and Social Policy58:14

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Glenn Loury (@glennloury) is the Merton P. Stoltz Professor of the Social Sciences and Professor of Economics at Brown University. He has published mainly in the areas of applied microeconomic theory, game theory, industrial organization, natural resource economics, and the economics of race and inequality and hosts The Glenn Show on Blogginghe ...…

57. The Bluezone Secrets to Health, Happiness and Longevity | Jason Prall of Human Longevity Project1:01:22

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Jason Prall (@jasonprall) is an anti-aging expert ad the co-founder of The Human Longevity Project, an upcoming documentary film series filmed over 2 years, in over 50 locations, in 9 countries, on 3 continents that will take you on an exciting journey around the globe, on a mission to discover the secrets of the longest-lived and healthiest po ...…

56. What Science Fiction Teaches Us About Morality and Existential Risk | Andrew Maynard48:42

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Andrew Maynard (@2020science) is the Director of the Risk Innovation Lab at Arizona State University, a Professor in the School for the Future of Innovation in Society and the author of Films from the Future: The Technology and Morality of Sci-Fi Movies. Andrew's research focuses on risk innovation and the responsible development and use of eme ...…

55. The 5 Trends Transforming Future of Work | Jacob Morgan52:47

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Jacob Morgan (@jacobm) is an author, speaker, futurist and host of the Future of Work podcastHis latest book, The Future of Work: Attract New Talent, Build Better Leaders, and Create a Competitive Organization, explores how the workplace is changing and was endorsed by business leaders such as the Chairman of KPMG, CEO of Whirlpool, CEO of Intu ...…

54. Gad Saad on Science, Logic and Reason in an Age of Hysteria1:03:30

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Gad Saad (@gadsaad) is an evolutionary behavioural scientist at the John Molson School of Business who is known for applying evolutionary psychology to marketing and consumer behaviour. He holds the Concordia University Research Chair in Evolutionary Behavioural Sciences and Darwinian Consumption and has a blog at Psychology Today titled Homo C ...…

53. Designing the Mars One Colony and Mining Asteroids in Space | Bryan Versteeg of Deep Space Industries1:02:02

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Bryan Versteeg (@spacehabs) is a conceptual designer at spacehabs.com and the co-founder of Deep Space Industries (@GoDeepSpace), an asteroid mining company striving toward the effective and efficient development of space resources to propel human development off the earth. The company will change the economic model of doing business in space b ...…

52. Music as Medicine and Performance Enhancement | Alex Doman47:02

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Alex Doman (@alexdoman) is an author, entrepreneur, public speaker and product creator, who has 25 years of experience in leadership in the brain health, neurotechnology and therapeutic music markets. He was named one of the top 50 human behavior experts to watch and has trained thousands of medical, therapeutic, and education professionals on ...…

51. Cannabis and Psychedelics to Cure Chronic Illness and Mental Health Issues | Dr Michele Ross52:48

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Dr. Michele Ross, Ph.D., MBA (@drmicheleross) is a neuroscientist and health coach with a passion to help patients with chronic illness live their best life ever. She is both a cannabinoid medicine researcher and became a cannabis patient after being diagnosed with fibromyalgia, neuropathy, and chronic pelvic pain, which allowed her to return t ...…

50. Click Here to Kill Everybody: Security, Privacy, Social Media and Politics | Bruce Schneier41:29

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Bruce Schneier (@schneierblog) is an internationally renowned security technologist, called a "security guru" by The Economist. He is the author of 13 books--including: Data and Goliath: The Hidden Battles to Collect Your Data and Control Your World Click Here to Kill Everybody: Security and Survival in a Hyper-connected WorldIn addition to his ...…

49. Why 21st Century Will Be Defined by Biotech | Ramphis Castro of ScienceVest40:24

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Ramphis Castro (@jramphis) is the co-founder of ScienceVest, a venture capital fund for hard-tech and life science companies, and Impact Science Angels, an angel group focused on investing in companies that can impact 1MM+ lives. Ramphis is a Kauffman Fellow and co-Chair the NYC chapter of the Society and focused on the funding gaps for radical ...…

48. Why Elon Musk Is Wrong About Electric Vehicles and Future of Energy | Garry Golden48:54

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Garry Golden (@garrygolden) is a professionally trained futurist who writes, speaks, and consults on complex issues shaping society and business in the 21st century. He has consulted for Fortune 500 companies, governmental agencies and the US Army on issues related to transportation and mobility, food safety and health, the future of portable p ...…

47. Why Automation Equals More Jobs | Former Presidential Advisor Pippa Malmgren1:02:35

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Dr Pippa Malmgren (@DrPippaM) is a futurist trend spotter, public speaker, best selling author and advisor to investors and governments about macroeconomic policy and investment strategy. She is a former Presidential Advisor who served on The National Economic Council in the White House where she was the point person on Enron and Terrorism Risk ...…

Tech Talks 9 – How Autonomous Vehicles Take Your Job and Give You a Life22:15

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Driverless cars are coming, faster than anyone anticipates. Today we discuss AI and autonomy and how self-driving cars will transform society and life and we know it. In today's episode we discuss:- Uber, Waymo, Tesla and who wins self-driving- How autonomy will transform cities and lives- Unintended consequences of autonomous cars- What happen ...…

46. The Ethics of AI in an Era of Big Data | David Smith41:44

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David Smith (@revodavid) is the Cloud Developer Advocate and R Community Lead at Microsoft. Prior to Microsoft, David was the Chief Community Officer (and is current editor-in-chief) of Revolution Analytics, a daily news about using open source R for big data analysis, predictive modeling, data science, and visualization since 2008.David has a ...…

45. Bioengineering Food to Feed Humanity’s Future | Kevin Folta of the Talking Biotech Podcast45:06

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Kevin Folta (@kevinfolta) is a professor and chairman of the horticultural sciences department at the University of Florida and host of the Talking Biotech Podcast. He is a plant scientist who has researched how plants react to light, and he started blogging about a variety of topics in 2008, gaining popularity as a speaker on biotechnology.He ...…

Tech Talks 8 – The Ultimate Guide to Alexa and the Future of Voice Computing22:57

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Interested in computing and the future of phones, laptops and voice assistants like Alexa, Google Home and Siri?We're diving into the evolution of smart home/smart speaker voice computing market and considering the implications and effects of where we're headed from here. And much much more...Welcome to Tech Talks, a weekly livestream where ser ...…

44. Psychiatry 2.0: The Biochemical Basis of Depression, Autism, Saddistic Serial Killers and School Shootings | Dr Bill Walsh of the Walsh Research Institute1:03:30

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Dr. Bill Walsh is the president of the Walsh Research Institute (@WalshResearch), a non-profit focused on improving human psychiatry and mental health conditions with nutrient based therapies, rather than drugs. Over the past 30 years, Dr. Walsh has developed biochemical treatments for patients diagnosed with behavioral disorders, attention def ...…

43. The Future of the Internet and Governments | Clay Collins of the Flippening Podcast42:04

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Clay Collins (@claycollins) is currently the CEO and Co-founder at Nomics and Board Chair at Drip/Leadpages which produces a free crypto market data API for enterprise level crypto investors and runs Flippening, a top 3 crypto podcast.Before co-founding Nomics, Clay founded Leadpages, where he drove growth to over 48K paying customers (and 175 ...…

42. The Accidental Invention of Graphene and What It Means for Humanity | Joseph Meany55:20

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Joseph Meany (@crimsonalkemist) is the Founder of The Crimson Alkemist and co-author of Graphene: The Superstrong, Superthin, and Superversatile Material That Will Revolutionize the World. Together with his co-author Les Johnson, the two make a compelling case for graphene, the near-term super metamaterial that's both fascinated and bewildered ...…

41. The Ultimate Guide to Quantum Computing | Eric Ladizinsky of D-Wave Systems56:05

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Eric Ladizinsky is the co-founder and Chief Scientist of D-Wave Systems (@dwavesys), the world's first quantum computing company and the leader in the development and delivery of quantum computing systems and software. Their mission is to use quantum computing to solve some of the world's most pressing problems.D-Wave's systems are being used b ...…

Tech Talks 7 – The Future of Blockchain and Cryptocurrency, Without All the Hype!39:08

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Interested in bitcoin, blockchain and crypto? Today we're diving into the crypto rabbit hole to explore Ethereum, ICOs, the future of money, governance, non-governmental digital currencies and a whole lot more.Be sure to add any questions to the live chat and we'll cover those on the stream!Welcome to Tech Talks, a weekly livestream where seria ...…

40. How YCombinator is Working to Save the US Education System from Collapse | Geoff Ralston of YC45:49

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Geoff Ralston (@gralston) is the founder of Imagine K12, an education focused vertical within the super successful startup accelerator YCombinator. Collectively, Y Combinator and Imagine K12 have backed over 100 education technology startups. In addition to his work with YC, Geoff's a prolific angel investor, with over 80 portfolio companies an ...…

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