Inside the Box
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An upcoming book by David Epstein about how constraints and limitations can actually make us more creative and productive.
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"This is David Epstein's new book, Inside the Box. Fucking money, by the way. Really, really good."
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"His new book is called Inside the Box, and his point is the power of constraints — that you think you want total artistic freedom, but it's actually the constraints of the genre that create the emerging quality of the art."
More from Ryan Holiday →"When I finished Inside the Box, I was like, do I need to spend 10 grand on a fact checker? Like I think I was really careful this time."
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"He has a brilliant new book out called Inside the Box: How Constraints Make Us Better. There are books that I will speedread and kind of get the gi..."
"I was inspired by Dave Epstein when he came on the show I don't know, it's like a month ago talking about his book Inside the Box."
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"Dave's brand new book, which is called Inside the Box: How Constraints Make Us Better. A book that is coming out tomorrow. So, you definitely need ..."
"David Epstein has a new book coming out called Inside the Box, which is about how constraints actually make us better. When we have fewer resources than we need, when we create artificial limits for ourselves, it actually pushes us to be more crea..."
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