Simo Virtanen

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Wintersmith (Discworld, #35)

by Terry Pratchett

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Sep 23, 2026 06:15AM

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Player Piano by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

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“Nobody’s so damn well educated that you can’t learn ninety per cent of what he knows in six weeks. The other ten per cent is decoration.” “Yes, sir.” “Show me a specialist, and I’ll show you a man who’s so scared he’s dug a hole for ...more

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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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