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I'm here today with Jonathan Lehman.

Hello.

Hello, Jonathan.

And we're here because Jonathan has written a new book called One Assembly.

Now, Jonathan, this book is so explosive in its thesis that we're going to do, we're hoping to do two conversations about this.

In the second one, we're going to explore the argument of the book, which is only three chapters, but it's thick stuff.

Yeah. And there's intros and appendices and, I mean, it's, it's a, it's a well-packed book.

But in this first discussion right now and that's what you're listening to right now the first conversation in the first

conversation I want us to think more about our reason we would have this conversation at all

what's the significance what's the importance of this conversation at all.

What's the significance? What's the importance of this conversation? Why even bother to talk about what I think most people assume is a settled fact? Right. I think most people

assume that what you're arguing here is not true. Right. That's my assumption. Which is probably

one of the reasons that we've been so slow in

coming out with this book in the first place. Yes. Because we think, man, if you guys thought we were

legalistic, persnickety people before, you hadn't seen anything. Check this out. All right. So

understanding, that's what our big vision is, that we're going to get back to the importance

of this one in this conversation. Why don't you just for a moment give us the argument of the book to begin this conversation?

And then we'll spend all our time in the next conversation on it.

But just so folks can know, some of you will have recently gotten this book as one of your

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