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Dutchie

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Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams

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The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World

by Steve Brusatte

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Jun 13, 2018 10:49AM

“We're not hunter-gatherers anymore. We're all living like patients in the intensive care unit of a hospital. What keeps us alive isn't bravery, or athleticism, or any of those other skills that were valuable in a caveman society. It's our ability to master complex technological skills. It is our ability to be nerds. We need to breed nerds.”
― Neal Stephenson, Seveneves

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“I have been clinically depressed for most of my life. I once used drugs to fix it. Then I stopped. I stopped because I decided they were making me stupid, and I’d rather be miserable than stupid. I am what I am.”
― Neal Stephenson, Seveneves

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