World will split into consumers and creators (couch potatoes vs Star Trek employees).

World will split into consumers and creators (couch potatoes vs Star Trek employees). | Ben, the way the way I characterize it is we're going to split the world into consumers and creators. right, the couch potatoes and the Star Trek employees, if you would.

Ben, the way the way I characterize it is we're going to split the world into consumers and creators. right, the couch potatoes and the Star Trek employees, if you would.

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