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Our ability to know about ourselves and the world is what makes us human

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Veronica Roth
Age: 36
Born: 1988
Born: August 19
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
New York City
New York
Veronica Anne Roth
Ability
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Human
Humans
World

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