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The Mind Was Never Built For the World it BuiltBy Chris A. Piazza | Antherra™
Length1h 23m
About this audiobook
There is a part of the mind that never stops working, and it does its worst work when there is nothing left to do. A neuroscientist proves it is a defect — the brain’s idle, an engine racing with nowhere to go — and builds the device that finally shuts it off. It works on everyone. Each quieting takes the pain, and beneath the pain the thing it holds up: the argument that keeps the dead alive, the guilt that keeps a man kind, the watchfulness that keeps a woman safe. The cure is real — that is the problem — and the one person left who could stop it is the one it has already reached.
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GenrePsychology, Dystopia
Length1 hr 23 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJul 5, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Title
7FIVE
2INVOCATION
8SIX
3ONE
9SEVEN
4TWO
10EIGHT
5THREE
11CLOSING
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AttritionChris A. Piazza | Antherra™39m$4.99
Load-BeartingChris A. Piazza | Antherra™1h 8m$4.99
ANNONAChris A. Piazza | Antherra™47m$4.99
Failure to ProgressChris A. Piazza | Antherra™53m$4.99
LossyChris A. Piazza | Antherra™1h 15m$4.99
ColorfastChris A. Piazza | Antherra™1h 7m$4.99
UndercountChris A. Piazza | Antherra™1h 22m$4.99
Second RunChris A. Piazza | Antherra™1h 16m$4.99
INTANGIBLEChris A. Piazza | Antherra™59m$4.99
Griot FuturesChris A. Piazza | Antherra™1h 34m$4.99
Last ScatteringChris A. Piazza | Antherra™57m$4.99
Garlic: The OverthrowingChris A. Piazza | Antherra™51m$4.99
Sin You AskedChris A. Piazza | Antherra™52m$4.99
The Endless TableChris A. Piazza | Antherra™1h 7m$4.99
ToleranceChris A. Piazza | Antherra™1h 9m$4.99
Best BeforeChris A. Piazza | Antherra™1h 22m$4.99
Negative SpaceChris A. Piazza | Antherra™1h 22m$4.99
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