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Speaker 1: day or two's thought. I do. Do. I think some

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Speaker 1: people will think it's bullshit and discard it. I do.

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Speaker 1: And all of that is okay. When I want to

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Speaker 1: about is first and foremost, like, are they ready to

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Speaker 1: doesn't matter how right, accurate, informed, well intentioned it is,

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Speaker 1: or whoever is. What matters is that we're ready to

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Speaker 1: being flawed. We're ready to be okay being wrong. We're

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Speaker 1: ready to be okay publicly socially with saying I don't know,

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Speaker 1: true for all of us. At some stage, I think

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Speaker 1: that's it. I think I'm done. It's probably more, but

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Speaker 1: maybe I need a cup of tea. See your team,

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Speaker 1: Hope you got something from that