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All the secrets of the world worth knowing are hiding in plain sight.


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Walking the stacks in a library, dragging your fingers across the spines -- it's hard not to feel the presence of sleeping spirits.

Walking the stacks in a library, dragging your fingers across the spines -- it's hard not to feel the presence of sleeping spirits.



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America pays defense contractors to build aircraft carriers. Google pays brilliant programmers to do whatever the hell they want.



...I can’t stop squirming. If fidgets were Wikipedia edits, I would have completely revamped the entry on guilt by now, and translated it into five new languages.

...I can’t stop squirming. If fidgets were Wikipedia edits, I would have completely revamped the entry on guilt by now, and translated it into five new languages.



When every single piece of media you consume is time-shifted, does that mean it's actually you that's time-shifted?

When every single piece of media you consume is time-shifted, does that mean it's actually you that's time-shifted?



People want things to be real. If you give them an excuse, they'll believe you.

People want things to be real. If you give them an excuse, they'll believe you.



He's like a storybook spirit, a little djinn or something, except instead of air or water his element is imagination.

He's like a storybook spirit, a little djinn or something, except instead of air or water his element is imagination.



There is no immortality that is not built on friendship and work done with care.

There is no immortality that is not built on friendship and work done with care.



Now, for the first time in my life, I empathize 100 percent with Fluff McFly. My heart is beating at hamster-speed and I am throwing my eyes around the room, looking for some way out.

Now, for the first time in my life, I empathize 100 percent with Fluff McFly. My heart is beating at hamster-speed and I am throwing my eyes around the room, looking for some way out.



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I always thought the key to immortality would be, like, tiny robots fixing things in your brain, ” she says. “Not books.



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A fellowship of secret scholars spent five hundred years on this task. Now we're penciling it in for a Friday morning.





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