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Simo Virtanen

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The Stand

by Stephen King (Goodreads Author)

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The Hunger Code: Resetting Your Body's Fat Thermostat in the Age of Ultra-Processed Food

by Jason Fung (Goodreads Author)

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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

Player Piano

by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

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The Penultimate Truth

by Philip K. Dick

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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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