{"id":179,"date":"2015-02-15T15:09:18","date_gmt":"2015-02-15T15:09:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/s1081577.instanturl.net\/cornelllunatic.com\/wp\/?page_id=179"},"modified":"2026-06-20T11:35:59","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T15:35:59","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cornelllunatic.com\/?page_id=179","title":{"rendered":"Who Are We?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">On April 1, 1978, a dream was born. A silly, not altogether normal dream about two state senators from Missouri and a jar of spicy dijon mustard. An admirable dream about a life of uncertainty, a hard life of animal husbandry and rigid macroeconomic theory. 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