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The Lord of the Rings

by J.R.R. Tolkien

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Hare Brain, Tortoise Mind: How Intelligence Increases When You Think Less by Guy Claxton

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Broad, diffuse attention is precisely what is needed in non-routine, ill-defined or impoverished situations, where data is patchy, conventional solutions don’t work, and incidental details may make all the difference. And that is why too ...more

The Penultimate Truth

by Philip K. Dick

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Mockingbird

by Walter Tevis

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“Broad, diffuse attention is precisely what is needed in non-routine, ill-defined or impoverished situations, where data is patchy, conventional solutions don’t work, and incidental details may make all the difference. And that is why too much effort inhibits creativity.”
― Guy Claxton, Hare Brain, Tortoise Mind: How Intelligence Increases When You Think Less

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