<table><tr><th>From:</th><th>jeffrey E. &lt;jeevacation@gmail.com&gt;</th></tr><tr><td>Sent:</td><td>Monday, January 1, 2018 12:22 PM</td></tr><tr><td>To:</td><td>Joscha Bach</td></tr><tr><td>Subject:</td><td>Re: Happy new year, and A Holiday Story for You</td></tr></table>

great new years present. . thought= 1. hope. ? it is not backed by =ny evidence in first order. but second order attrributes abound. =AO livng longer etc. . internal =enefit to many if not most. . 2. it is a for= of self deception that carries an evolutionary advantage if modulated. =AO. ie cant hope to fly. maybe modula=es or allows the system to call in reserves. . 3. the ttheory =hat we are more advanced thinkers than the past . seems like todays =xceptionalism. . in ancient times one had to know many t=ings, as cities grew. specialied knowledgt made the group more=effecicent but potentaily at the expense of the individuals breadth of kno=ledge. 4. I believe that teaching every person to write is har=ful to some individuals. writing slows down the thinking=and forces a rule based system onto complex definitions. and speed r=duction. asperbergers could be an advantagea as we=l as some form of writing disability. . S.

On Sun, Dec 31= 2017 at 8:50 PM, Joscha Bach <██████████████████ <mailto:██████████████████> > w=ote:

Dear Jeffrey,

I hope this finds you well, and I wish you a fascinating and inspiring and =ealthy 2018!

Attached are some moderately speculative and slightly phantastic holiday th=ughts for you.

All the very best, sincere greetings from my family, and with deep grateful=ess for your support!

Joscha

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