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The Profile: The mountaineers finding calm in suffering & Silicon Valley’s favorite doomsayer

Polina Pompliano
Feb 16, 2020
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Good morning, friends.

When I travel to new places, I always look at the tourists and wonder about their reasons for being there. Sometimes, it’s simple — a bachelorette party, a friend’s birthday, a retreat. And other times, it’s much more nebulous. It’s self-discovery. An attempt to escape reality. A search for something that’s missing. 

Last week, some…

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