But the flipside of focus is a vast blindness. You can’t have one without the other. Which might explain a lot. It’s a strong argument for widespread use of drugs like weed and shrooms.

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    Science and engineering are iterative processes. Written language is absolutely key because it allows for asynchronous communication. This facilitates people building on the work of others, even work that was done years, decades, or centuries previously.