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Close Enough: Living Through Others

Hidden Brain

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Watching Experts Do Expert Things

Watching experts do expert things is not a new phenomenon. In the 17 hundreds, benjamin franklin wrote about his father taking him on walks to see master bricklayers and carpe s at work. He writes in his autobiography, it has ever since been a pleasure to see good workmen handle their tools. But after forty five minutes or so, that feeling of enjoyment goes away. Then it totally switches from pleasure to, you know, oh, you lazy ass. Why are you sitting here when you could be out there?

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