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Avram Miller
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June 2021
Longevity in Your 40s
A new friend in Lecce recently asked me for advice about longevity. He was surprised by what he perceived as my relative youth. Others who know that I’ve worked in the field of longevity for years sometimes ask for my “secret.” I usually joke that the secret was choosing the right parents. That joke is … Continue reading →
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“When looking for a place to live, I was shocked to see advertisements in newspapers saying, “No Jews wanted.” I had not much experience with antisemitism before. This was the beginning of the realization that Jews were still not safe in Europe.”
― The Flight of a Wild Duck: An Improbable Journey Through Life and Technology
― The Flight of a Wild Duck: An Improbable Journey Through Life and Technology
“In those days, if you made a long-distance call from a pay phone, the operators would ask you to deposit a certain amount of money to speak for three minutes. Each type of coin would make a distinctive sound on the line, which the operator would track and credit.”
― The Flight of a Wild Duck: An Improbable Journey Through Life and Technology
― The Flight of a Wild Duck: An Improbable Journey Through Life and Technology
“We recorded the sounds when we made a call. From then on, we just used the recordings to reproduce the sounds that would tell the operator that we had deposited coins.”
― The Flight of a Wild Duck: An Improbable Journey Through Life and Technology
― The Flight of a Wild Duck: An Improbable Journey Through Life and Technology
