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BLAKE CHASTAIN

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The list is the origin of culture. It’s part of the history of art and literature. What does culture want? To make infinity comprehensible… And how, as a human being, does one face infinity? How does one attempt to grasp the incomprehensible? Through lists.

Umberto Eco, The origin of the to-do list and how to design one that actually works

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