Those five words told me everything I needed to know.

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It was basic and sparsely furnished, but contained everything I needed for a comfortable stay: a private bathroom with hot and cold water, a bed, air-con, and even a mini fridge and a safe.

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But despite being vanished off the face of the Earth, there were times when the walls around us would dissolve and I could see, with perfect blue-sky clarity, that everything I needed to know about the world was immediately available to me.

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At some point a year or two ago, the staff at my local Giant supermarket started randomly greeting me and asking if everything was all right, if I had found everything I needed, if there was anything they could do to make my shopping experience more pleasant.

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After a few months and a harsh (but much-needed) conversation with one of our seed investors, I stopped doing everything else until we nailed our product and validated our assumptions with small cohorts of customers.

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And then, I'll be working with the members of Congress to do everything we can to get the resources needed to rebuild.

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