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"ref": "2019, Rolf Dobelli, Die Kunst des digitalen Lebens: Wie Sie auf News verzichten und die Informationsflut meistern, Piper ebooks",
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"ref": "2019, Rolf Dobelli, Die Kunst des digitalen Lebens: Wie Sie auf News verzichten und die Informationsflut meistern, Piper ebooks",
"text": "Kurzum, Sie haben die Wahl: entweder Fachidiot oder Verlierer. Im ersten Augenblick klingt »Fachidiot« schrecklich. Sie können's aber auch »Meisterschaft« nennen. Klingt schon verlockender, nicht? Beethoven war ein Fachidiot, aber was für einer: Er war der Weltbeste, wenn es ums Komponieren von Sinfonien ging.",
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