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How badly are your forties going?
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How badly are your forties going?

Are you falling apart? Reconfiguring? Because there's a new explanation why...

Aug 23, 2024
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Tutto, by Alighiero Boetti, 1987

I have found out why I’m disintegrating, and you might be too, but let’s start at the beginning.

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