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Bournville

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Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI

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“Vannak boldog népek: ők a jókor lázadók. Mi a nem jókor lázadók fajtája vagyunk”
― Örkény István

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“If you can't explain it to a six year old, you don't understand it yourself.”
― Albert Einstein

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“Any fool can know. The point is to understand.”
― Albert Einstein

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“I'd give my right arm to be ambidextrous.”
― Yogi Berra

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“We made too many wrong mistakes.”
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