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The Fact Is, Unlike A Lot Of Writers, I Credit The People Who Help Me. A Lot Of Writers Out There Have A Ton Of Researchers And They Don't Get Credited In The Book.

You Know, I Used To Warm The Thermometer On The Light Bulb... I Was Really Good At Being Sick. I Could Forge My Mother's Signature On A Sick Note So Well I Was Hardly Ever At School.

Where Past Generations Had Film Cameras, Scrapbooks, Notebooks, And That Part Of The Brain Which Stores Memories, We Now Have A Smartphone App For Every Conceivable Recording Need. The Thing Is, All That Time You Spend Logging And Then Curating The Quotidian Aspects Of Your Daily Life Is Time Taken Away From Actually Doing Things.

It's Estimated That Across Africa 100 Elephants Are Killed For Their Tusks Every Day. It Takes Nothing More Than Simple Math To Get To What That Adds Up To In A Year, And It's A Distressing Figure.

Arrogance, Ignorance, And Incompetence. Not A Pretty Cocktail Of Personality Traits In The Best Of Situations. No Sirree. Not A Pretty Cocktail In An Office-mate And Not A Pretty Cocktail In A Head Of State. In Fact, In A Leader, It's A Lethal Cocktail.