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xxxxxHerkel grew up in a family of PhDs. For them arguing for hours over how to split a hair was nothing unusual, nor was travelling the globe. The fabric of the family was soaked in what could be described as a modern version of noblesse oblige.
Herkel bucked the family tradition: he went broad instead of deep. He got degrees in classics, anthropology, philosophy, chemistry, computer science, and economics. After a fight over when he was going to "get serious" and choose a specialty he started a business, and was relieved when he was able to sell it for a modest amount.
On the back of that he got fit for the first time in his life, and hung out with survivalists for a couple of years. His power, and what it might mean, hung over him like a black cloud. He learnt how to build a gun with a lathe, and was one of the leading names in getting the "Holocaust Education and Avoidance Pod" to prototype.
The company he was keeping got a little too crazy, and he left that circle, but not before getting on a few watch lists. When New York went down he backpacked in to do research at ground level. One thing he's learnt is how to live cheap.
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