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Emily St. John Mandel on Fact, Fiction, and the Familiar

Conversations with Tyler

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Is It a Lottery Ticket?

I've always been aware that there's just an incredible level of luck even in quounquote, earned money. So yet, it did always feel like a sort of lottery ticket to me. And then by the same token, you know, i i see kids who were raised in these upper middle class families, a that allows for, say, s a t tutoring. You know, they're earning their money, but they kind of had lottery tickets too. I don't know enough incredibly wealthy people, these households have gone quiet. That does make your house a bit quieter now when your kid's nanny stops coming....

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