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Andy Owen is an author and former intelligence officer in the British Army. His writing has featured in Aeon, Psyche, The Spectator, Philosophy Now, and The New European, among others.

Andy Owen is an author and former intelligence officer in the British Army. His writing has featured in Aeon, Psyche, The Spectator, Philosophy Now, and The New European, among others.

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