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Nate's Favorite Episode of 2021: Betty Robinson

the memory palace

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The Memory Palace

The story will end 12 seconds later, which is the shortest time betty robinson ever took to run a hundred meters in competition. Since we could have no idea about what filled her mind during that time, we are free to fill it as we will. Was she focused on her breath, or the fall of her feet, or of merely not falling? Were there voices in her head of her coach, or her own voices of doubt or elation, that i am winning, i am winning,. i am winning."

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