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I Watched The Piles Of Feces Go Up The Conveyor Belt... They Made Their Way Through The Machine... A Few Minutes Later I Took A Long Taste Of The End Result: A Glass Of Delicious Drinking Water.

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I Watched The Piles

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I Watched The Piles Of Feces Go Up The Conveyor Belt... They Made Their Way Through The Machine... A Few Minutes Later I Took A Long Taste Of The End Result: A Glass Of Delicious Drinking Water.

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Very Interesting

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Human Condition

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In A Budget, How Important Is Art Versus Music Versus Athletics Versus Computer Programming? At The End Of The Day, Some Of Those Trade-offs Will Be Made Politically.

The End Of The Day

I Think That Our Progress On Key Diseases Over The Next Several Decades Is Going To Be Pretty Amazing And So I Am Very Interested In That.

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