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A Point of View - The Screensaver of Life, or the Idling Brain - 麻豆社 Sounds

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A Point of View

The Screensaver of Life, or the Idling BrainThe Screensaver of Life, or the Idling Brain

Released On: 10 Mar 2017

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Stella Tillyard looks at the phenomenon of the "idling brain".

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