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Ingenious German physicists found a way to determine the weather conditions in London based on tiny differences in the tone of the broadcast ding-dongs. This information offered invaluable help to the Luftwaffe. When the British Secret Service discovered this, they replaced the live broadcast with a set recording of the famous clock.
Sapiens
Yuval Noah Harari
Think of him as supergenius child too young to notice vive-la-difference.”
The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
Robert A. Heinlein
The stones' salability across time was assured for centuries by the difficulty and high cost of acquiring new stones,
The Bitcoin Standard
Saifedean Ammous
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