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A collective gasp could be heard across the creative communities when this NYer piece started making the rounds. Like so much linkbait, though, the title is inflammatory and a bit misleading.
How Caffeine Can Cramp Creativity →
By Maria Konnikova in The New Yorker (via Kottke.org)
The real take-away isn’t that you should stop drinking coffee, just that it’s okay to let your mind wander periodically. Which, actually, is a good reminder.