Stock-Based Compensation - 2016 Omnibus Incentive Plan, Fair Value Assumptions (Details) - 2016 Omnibus Incentive Plan	6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2022 $ / shares
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Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Fair Value Assumptions and Methodology [Abstract]
Volatility rate	80.00%
Risk-free rate, minimum	0.07%
Risk-free rate, maximum	0.79%
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Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Fair Value Assumptions and Methodology [Abstract]
Strike price	$ 1.00
Expected term	2 months 4 days
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Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Fair Value Assumptions and Methodology [Abstract]
Strike price	$ 72.30
Expected term	5 years 11 months 26 days
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Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Fair Value Assumptions and Methodology [Abstract]
Volatility rate	80.00%
Risk-free rate, minimum	0.07%
Substitute Options \| Minimum
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Fair Value Assumptions and Methodology [Abstract]
Strike price	$ 0.20
Expected term	2 months 4 days
Substitute Options \| Maximum
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Fair Value Assumptions and Methodology [Abstract]
Strike price	$ 14.58
Risk-free rate, maximum	0.79%
Expected term	5 years 11 months 26 days

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Agreed-upon price for the exchange of the underlying asset relating to the share-based payment award.

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The estimated measure of the percentage by which a share price is expected to fluctuate during a period. Volatility also may be defined as a probability-weighted measure of the dispersion of returns about the mean. The volatility of a share price is the standard deviation of the continuously compounded rates of return on the share over a specified period. That is the same as the standard deviation of the differences in the natural logarithms of the stock prices plus dividends, if any, over the period.

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The maximum risk-free interest rate assumption that is used in valuing an option on its own shares.

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The minimum risk-free interest rate assumption that is used in valuing an option on its own shares.

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Expected term of award under share-based payment arrangement, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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