Trying Not to Try: The Art and Science of Spontaneity

Trying Not to Try: The Art and Science of Spontaneity

A deeply original exploration of the power of spontaneity—an ancient Chinese ideal that cognitive scientists are only now beginning to understand—and why it is so essential to our well-being

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