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memory bank: cloud in the head

Apparently Cyrus the Great could address every soldier in his army by name. Leon Gambetta, the French statesman, could quote thousands of pages of Victor Hugo verbatim. Possessors of these preternaturally powerful memories are called eidetics. Some call them freaks. … Continue reading

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connectivity through form

Guest blog from Tai Carmen at Parallax.Parallax: exploring the architecture of human perception Tai Carmen: “There is a special ratio that can be used to describe the proportions of everything from nature’s smallest building blocks, such as atoms, to the … Continue reading

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