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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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CatchmentChris A. Piazza | Antherra™1h 24m$4.99
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DeaccessionChris A. Piazza | Antherra™48m$4.99
RemandChris A. Piazza | Antherra™37m$4.99
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StemsChris A. Piazza | Antherra™1h 18m$4.99
15 Buried InventionsChris A. Piazza | Antherra™1h$4.99
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Chain of CustodyChris A. Piazza | Antherra™42m$4.99
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