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The conversation culminates in a philosophical debate about survival, ethics, and the unknowns ahead. Santino expresses ambivalence about living in uncontacted local tribes or isolated environments like Sentinel Island, noting the genetic bottlenecks and the risk of reuniting with a limited gene pool, or even the dangers of living in places like Maine or the deserts of Arizona—where the natural environment remains wild, unspoiled, yet unforgiving.