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Oliver Burkeman

Oliver Burkeman
Author of "Four Thousand Weeks"
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Freeing Time

A conversation with Oliver Burkeman

November 14, 2022 • by NJ Smith and Oliver Burkeman
And then you think, when you see people exploring ways to just leave the planet and go somewhere else, that it feels like an attempt to avoid the truth of the matter....

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