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The things you are supposed to find in your head by brainstorming usually don’t have their origins in there. Rather, they come from the outside: through reading, having discussions and listening to others, through all the things that could have been accompanied and often even would have been improved by writing.
How to Take Smart Notes
Sönke Ahrens
The underlying argument is silly, of course. <em>Most</em> civilizations have failed. You could just as easily say, "Every civilization that accepted shoes has failed." Or childbirth. Or agriculture. Or cooking.
Rebutting "Every Civilization That Accepted Homosexuality Failed" / Boing Boing
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You also cannot switch your mask rapidly from the true self to the false self when there is a witness if your behavior is not under your conscious control.
Becoming the Narcissist's Nightmare
Shahida Arabi
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