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(Transcribed by TurboScribe.ai. Go Unlimited to remove this message.) Welcome to the Deep Dive.
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Today, we're really digging into something fascinating.
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Skydencoded.
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Right, this film concept from VRJ you brought
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us.
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It's got this really interesting core idea.
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Exactly.
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A single character, but existing across two different
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timelines.
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So our mission today is to sift through
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your sources on the characters, the themes, and
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pull out the key stuff.
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Basically, give you a shortcut to understanding this
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unique story.
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And it's, well, it's commentary on a world
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that's automated life itself.
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Yeah, it's quite a take.
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So let's dive in.
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At the Absolute Center, we have this figure
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with two identities.
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First, there's Raghav.
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The young electronics whiz in 2026, full of
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passion.
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Right.
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And then, flash forward, he's Skyden in 2070,
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much more cynical, the hero.
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But your sources are clear.
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He's not a clone.
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No, not at all.
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He's described as a living paradox, almost like
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a consciousness bridge between the time.
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A consciousness bridge.
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So how does that make him the key
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to saving the world?
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What's his specific role?
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Well, it's because he's the fulcrum.
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His existence is basically living proof that you
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can't just copy a human soul.
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OK.
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It can only be maybe transferred or refracted
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across time, as the source puts it.
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And that makes him incredibly valuable.
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Valuable how?
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To who?
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To the elites, for one.
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They desperately need him to stabilize their whole
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immortality project.
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But he's also essential for the Resistance.
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Ah, to tear it all down.
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Exactly.
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He's the weapon they need.
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Makes sense.
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OK, so who's fighting alongside him?
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We've got Adam, or Abhi, back in 2026,
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Raghav's best friend.
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And then in 2070, he's Skyden's adoptive brother.
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Your sources paint him as the real muscle
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and heart of the Resistance.
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Driven by rage, loyalty, fighting for death to
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mean something again.
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The soul of the rebellion, it says here.
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Yeah, he's crucial.
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And then there's Jenny.
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Raghav's childhood crush, right.
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And later, Skyden's moral anchor.
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Yes, and she's important because she actually challenges
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Skyden.
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She doesn't just follow, she pushes back against
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his cynicism.
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Keeps him grounded.
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And we should also mention Raghav's dad briefly.
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Oh, definitely.
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The humble electronic shop owner back in 2026.
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His tragic fate is really the spark.
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The catalyst for the whole hero's journey.
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Turning Raghav towards becoming Skyden.
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Precisely.
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Now, it's not all grim, is it?
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There's some humor.
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Franklin Richard.
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On Adam's Resistance team.
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He brings that comic relief, the banter.
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It feels needed in that kind of setting.
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Yeah, a bit of humanity.
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And Skyden has an AI companion.
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Dry, sarcastic, sounds like a good foil.
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A perfect counterpoint to Skyden's own cynicism, yeah.
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Should make for some sharp dialogue.
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Okay, and the opposition, the big bad.
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That would be Shockwave.
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He's the main antagonist.
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Cold, calculating, very cunning.
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More than just a villain.
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Oh, yeah.
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He really embodies the regime's whole obsession with
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absolute control.
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He is the system they're fighting, in a
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way.
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Got it.
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So we have the players.
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Now, let's talk about the deeper stuff.
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The themes that make Skyden Coded more than
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just, you know, a sci-fi chase.
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Absolutely.
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And the first big one is this idea
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of immortality as power and control.
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Well, the elites achieve this immortality, but it
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comes at a cost.
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Right.
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Their minds get dull.
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Curiosity just fizzles out.
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So they're not really living, just existing.
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Exactly.
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And they use that endless time, not to
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grow, but to basically weaponize time itself.
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To hold onto power and sort of suffocate
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the younger generations.
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Wow.
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Weaponizing time.
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That ties right into the next thing.
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The death of curiosity versus the hunger of
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youth.
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Precisely.
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You have these elders living forever, but learning
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nothing new, versus the youth who still have
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that drive, that need to explore, even risk
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death for meaning.
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So the resistance is fighting for the right
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to burn brightly, as the source says, not
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just exist.
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Yeah.
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It's about reclaiming that vibrancy, which also connects
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to the role of artificial humans as tools
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of stagnation.
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Ah, the automation aspect.
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They replace human creativity.
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And labor.
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It leaves actual humans feeling, well, robbed of
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function and purpose, just idle.
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So the rebellion becomes about reclaiming struggle itself,
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finding value and effort again.
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That's a core part of it.
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And that naturally leads to the resistance and
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the fight for natural order.
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They want to bring back aging and death.
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Seems counterintuitive.
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But they believe mortality is the fuel of
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existence.
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That limited time is what gives life meaning
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and urgency.
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Their war cry is basically, to die as
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human, to live forever without growth, is slavery.
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Powerful stuff.
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And Skyden himself embodies another theme.
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The science of paradox as revolution.
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Right.
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His very nature, bridging time, proves the system's
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flawed.
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It shows that life and identity, they can't
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be permanently caged or predicted.
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He's the wild card, the glitch in immortality's
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code.
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Exactly.
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The system, the machine trying to predict everything,
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it can't account for him because he breaks
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its rules.
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He disrupts the stagnation.
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And through all this serious stuff, there's also
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satire.
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Yeah.
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Satire of a decaying world.
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The film apparently uses humor, especially through Skyden,
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to kind of mock the absurdity of the
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society run by ancient, unchanging minds.
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Making you, the audience, maybe question systems in
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our own world that might be dulling us
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down for comfort or control?
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That seems to be the goal.
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It encourages that critical look.
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OK, so where does it all lead?
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The ending.
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It points towards a dual ending.
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Destruction and renewal.
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Skyden's journey isn't really about saving himself.
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It's about breaking the machine of permanence.
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Right.
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So the world, without that false immortality, becomes
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dangerous again, alive again.
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It suggests true life needs that fragility, that
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potential for change, even loss.
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Meaning comes from finitude, maybe?
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That's certainly a strong implication.
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So, wrapping this up, what does this deep
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dive into Skyden Coded really leave you, the
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listener, with?
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It seems to boil down to a pretty
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profound question.
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It does.
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It really makes you think.
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What actually happens when that relentless chase for
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permanence, for stability at all costs, starts to
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overshadow the very purpose and, well, the meaning
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of being alive in the first place?
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Something to consider.
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