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There is a scene in the movie 𝐺𝑜𝑜𝑑 𝑊𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝐻𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 that has stayed with me for years. A young Will Hunting sits on a park bench with his therapist, Sean Maguire. Will is brilliant. He can quote books, solve impossible problems, and intellectually dismantle almost anyone who stands in front of him. To borrow one memorable line from the scene, Sean tells Will that he may know everything about the Sistine Chapel except "𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑡 𝑠𝑚𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑠 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒." Then Sean

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