Nilanjana S Roy: Beautiful minds, flawed human minds

'The Undoing Project: The Friendship That Changed Our Minds' is an account of a truly remarkable partnership, set down in his trademark lucid and perceptive style

How important is friendship to creativity and scientific thought? In recent times, many biographies and memoirs have begun to map the relationships of writers, scientists, artists and thinkers not just by their most meaningful romances or marital unions, but by the quality and intensity of their friendships.  “Marriage” takes up perhaps too much space as a concept. It is a pity that English lacks the words to describe other kinds of close and life-changing, intellectual relationships and partnerships, with their own complicated rhythms, life-cycles and endings. ...

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Nilanjana S Roy: Beautiful minds, flawed human minds