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Yes, loved the User Illusion. Fascinating Stuff.

Also, lately I've been hearing a lot about http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Happiness_Hypothesis

in which the brain is likened to a person riding and elephant. We can train the elephant, but mostly the elephant repeats its program.

It's billed as about "happiness," but imo that's only one slice of it. It applies to all habits, including eating, exercise, improving sw development skills...



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