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The Infinite Monkey Cage

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The Advantages of Living Near Volcanoes

The 1991 Pinotubar eruption was several orders of magnitude smaller than our super volcano. So there are opportunities that volcanoes bring. They could be big tourist attractions, so they can have big industry about that. There's often a lot of pressure on land, so sometimes it's not the premium land that you might want to live on. Sometimes it's also just because it's their home and they love it.

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