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- ↑ Klein, Ezra (2020-02-10). ""We're in the climax of a movie": Tim Urban on humanity's wild future". Vox. Retrieved 2024-12-09.
- ↑ https://www.npr.org/transcripts/490626164
- ↑ "A Mind-Expanding Conversation About Human History and Happiness With Tim Urban". www.theringer.com. 2023-03-24. Retrieved 2024-12-09.
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