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Thinking is hard

14 February 2026 Thought Shrapnel

Auto-generated description: A handwritten note discusses the importance of processing information rather than simply counting the number of books read, quoting Alain de Botton.

Source: Notes by Praveen

Published on Thought Shrapnel in February 2026.

← Older Like it or not, it is a basic fact of human cognition that we think and act politically as members of social groups.
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