We notice things that don't work. We don't notice things that do. We n…

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We notice things that don't work. We don't notice things that do. We notice computers, we don't notice pennies. We notice e-book readers, we don't notice books. ✨ Douglas Adams, Stephen Fry (2012). The Salmon of Doubt: Hitchhiking the Galaxy One Last Time, p.94, Pan Macmillan
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We notice things that don't work. We don't notice things that do. We notice computers, we don't notice pennies. We notice e-book readers, we don't notice books. ✨ Douglas Adams, Stephen Fry (2012). The Salmon of Doubt: Hitchhiking the Galaxy One Last Time, p.94, Pan Macmillan

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