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Two questions we need to stop asking

Two questions we need to stop asking

Recently I was at a gathering of people at a friend's house, with people I hadn't met before and didn't know from a bar of soap. After plenty of mild banter about lots of non-personal things, I asked the girl next to me what she was passionate about. She paused..

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