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Clear Ambiguity - Ambiguous Clarity

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Clear Ambiguity - Ambiguous Clarity So I’m sitting in a room in the American Embassy being interviewed by 4 women and I can’t hear much of what is going on. Lets backtrack a little bit. 1 month prior I had just landed a really good job with an amazing tech startup. Had been through an amazing induction program. 2 weeks in, on a Saturday evening I felt an unbearable amount of pressure in my right ear. The pain was intense but it eventually subsided to semi-comfortable levels. I just happened to be in a hospital visiting a family member so I  went into the triage unit for assistance. First of all let me explain that at this point I could barely hear. I had to keep asking the hospital staff to repeat themselves and it was (to my understanding) quite irritating for them. My hearing was not completely gone but it was nowhere near sufficient. To put this into context, at the age of 6 or 7, I suffered from mumps. As is very  common in Kenya, I was trea...