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2 disconnected thoughts:

- if anybody hasn't heard of death sentences for traffickers in Asia, or had the experience in the airport, when you're waiting to clear Customs/Immigration, of seeing the labrador retriever decide that somebody's bags were interesting, you can google those stories.

- my parents are/were academics and I've met a nontrivial number of people who are brilliant in their little corner of math, software, EE, physics but palpably short on the skills needed to not get hit by a car or not burn down their kitchen.



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