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“I don't actually read a lot of books. I pick up a lot of books and only get through a few, which form the foundation of my knowledge.”
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“Forty hour workweeks are a relic of the Industrial Age. Knowledge workers function like athletes — train and sprint, then rest and reassess.”
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“A fit body, a calm mind, a house full of love. These things cannot be bought — they must be earned.”
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“Science is the only news. When you scan a news portal or magazine, all the human interest stuff is the same old he-said-she-said, the politics and economics the same cyclical dramas, the fashions a pathetic illusion of newness; even the technology is predictable if you know the science behind it. Human nature doesn't change much; science does, and the change accrues, altering the world irreversibly”
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