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pc"></div></div></div></div></div></article></div></div></div><div class="ab cn"><div class="ih bh ii ij ik il"><div class="pd bh l"><article class=""><div class="ly l"><div class="bh dp"><div class="l"><div class="bh l"><div style="position:relative;display:flex" role="link" data-href="https://jegelkrout.medium.com/the-roads-not-taken-6d5c44077521" tabindex="0"><div class="bh md me mf mg"><div class="ab"><div class="mh mi mj mk ml ab q"><div class="mm l"><div><div class="l" aria-hidden="false"><a href="https://medium.com/thirty-over-fifty?source=user_profile_page---------6-------------dabf09ccf26b---------------" rel="noopener follow"><div class="dq ab"><img alt="Thirty over Fifty" class="hk gn go fo" src="https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fill:40:40/1*-yrVDAsr0MYbH8X1ug82pg.jpeg" width="20" height="20" loading="lazy"/><div class="hk l go gn fm n fl fn"></div></div></a></div></div></div><div class="mn l"><p class="bf b dt z ds">Published in</p></div><div class="l"><div><div class="l" 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class="bf b ge z hl nv hn ho nw hq hs ds">There is plenty of blame to go around</h3></div></a></div><div class="h k"><div class="nx ny nz oa ob oc od oe of og l"><span class="bf b dt z ds"><div class="jt ab he ae"><div class="ab q ol"><div class="ly ab"><div class="bm" aria-hidden="false"><button class="l ay ao am" aria-label="Member-only story"><div class=""><div><div class="bm" aria-hidden="false"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" fill="none" viewBox="0 0 64 64"><path fill="#FFC017" d="m39.637 40.831-5.771 15.871a1.99 1.99 0 0 1-3.732 0l-5.771-15.87a2.02 2.02 0 0 0-1.194-1.195L7.298 33.866a1.99 1.99 0 0 1 0-3.732l15.87-5.771a2.02 2.02 0 0 0 1.195-1.194l5.771-15.871a1.99 1.99 0 0 1 3.732 0l5.771 15.87a2.02 2.02 0 0 0 1.194 1.195l15.871 5.771a1.99 1.99 0 0 1 0 3.732l-15.87 5.771a2.02 2.02 0 0 0-1.195 1.194"></path></svg></div></div></div></button></div></div><span>Nov 9</span><div class="h k j i d"><div class="dq oh oi ab q"><div class="fm oj ok ab q 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