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The 1930 poetry book that Anthropic tried to censor
Intellectual Things by Stanley Kunitz
Intellectual Things (1930) is Stanley Kunitz’s first book, published when he was 24. It has poems about the body, death, and the limits of reason. Kunitz was a lifelong anti-censorship activist, won th...
Book Freak #224: Exactly
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Exactly is a history of precision engineering. It reveals how our ability to make and measure things to increasingly fine tolerances enabled people to create everything from steam engines to microprocessors.
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Book Freak #223: Scarcity Brain
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Scarcity Brain reveals why we constantly crave more food, stuff, information, and influence than we need. Understanding your evolutionary wiring can help you feel like you have enough.
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Book Freak #222: How to remember anything, from a memory champion
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Everyday Genius shows that there's no such thing as “photographic memory.” Having a good memory is a skill — and six-time U.S. memory champion Nelson Dellis shows how to improve yours.
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Book Freak #221: How I Found Freedom in an Unfree World
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How I Found Freedom in an Unfree World argues that you can live the life you want without changing the world or even changing a single other person — you just have to stop falling into the mental traps that keep you unfree.
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