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   "text": "Personal happiness, freedom and expression can thrive better in a decentralized world only on the condition that the decentralized world provides a secure environment, which is why blockchain platforms attract people.",
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   "text": "Decentralized systems create a self reinforcing feedback loop between unique individual inputs and personal freedom: as the quality of unique individual inputs improves the system, the system places higher value on the uniqueness of human inputs, and personal liberties expand as a result.",
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