The new age of magical thinking
The philosophy of magic inspired the founders of modern science. Now it feeds the delusions of Silicon Valley.
ByNew Times,
New Thinking.
The philosophy of magic inspired the founders of modern science. Now it feeds the delusions of Silicon Valley.
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