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She smiled at Urb. Then tapped the side of her slightly numb head with one finger. ‘I memmored th’map – ized, memmized the map. There’s towns, Urb. An’ the closer we get t’Letheras, the more of them. Wha’s in towns, Urb? Taverns. Bars. So, we’re not takin’ a straight, pre-dic-table route.’ ‘We’re invading Lether from tavern to tavern?’ ‘Aye.’ ‘Hellian, I hate to say this, but that’s kind of clever.’
Reaper's Gale
Steven Erikson
It was considered a Jeff project, which meant that the product manager met with Bezos every few weeks and received a constant stream of e-mail from the CEO, usually containing extraordinarily detailed recommendations and frequently arriving late at night.
The Everything Store
Brad Stone
A different pair of researchers asked people to rate the attractiveness of an individual by showing them a photograph—but they were only shown this photograph either before or after they rode a roller coaster.5 Attractiveness ratings were higher after the subject rode the roller coaster because the interpreter mistook the arousal of the ride as the arousal of attraction.
No Self, No Problem
Chris Niebauer
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