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The Maker of MIND - Tomás Bjartur

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Lost Von Neumann quote, "I rent to RAND the thoughts I think while I shave. Ford rents those I have while I unscrew toothpaste caps. It was during orgasm, when most men have no thoughts at all, that I conceived the idea of explosive compression and, also, my daughter.” New post. Hopefully a little more light-hearted than my previous stuff. New short story. My friend says it is my best so maybe give it a shot. After my first rebirth - my mind labile, full of that indescribable sense of renewal, everything new again, everything fresh, everything tinged with a subtle hilarity - I assisted Bartosz Sumner, now rather well-known in some parts as the author of The Making of MIND. Bart had lived many more lives than I, and he was spending his latest life studying the events that occurred during his first. MIND, as you know, was created on June 8th, 2034. Bart was only 31. I asked him once about his first-hand memories of the event. He told me, “It happened so fast there is not much of a story.

After my first rebirth - my mind labile, full of that indescribable sense of renewal, everything new again, everything fresh, everything tinged with a subtle hilarity - I assisted Bartosz Sumner, now rather well-known in some parts as the author of The Making of MIND. Bart had lived many more lives than I, and he was spending his latest life studying the events that occurred during his first. MIND, as you know, was created on June 8th, 2034. Bart was only 31. I asked him once about his first-hand memories of the event. He told me, “It happened so fast there is not much of a story. One…

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