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177. Angus Fletcher — 25 Most Powerful Inventions in the History of Literature

The Michael Shermer Show

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What's Your First Written Example?

Hetawana, a poet priestess who lived five thousand years ago in what is now southern arec. She's the first person to claim to be an inventor of literature. Her innovation stimulates a self transcendent experience in our brains,. measurably increasing our life purpose and generosity. When you start creating these big people, it stretches the mind, and it creates this sense of wonder and awe.

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