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Googling Strangers and Kentucky Bluegrass

The Anthropocene Reviewed

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Gogling Strangers

As a child, i always felt like i had no inborn gift. My specialty just hadn't been invented yet. Malcolm gladwell famously said that it takes ten thousand hours to become an expert in a field. But also, i just have a knack for it. I google strangers all the time. Like if my wife and i have to attend a party,  i usually research all the known and unknowns in advance. Even though, of course, i know it's weird when a stranger tells you that they're in the carpet business and then you answer, oh, yes, i'm aware. Ok, let's move on to the practice of gogling strangers.

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