Aphantasia
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Aphantasia

An Essay About Nothing

About the Book

If you want to see the world in a new way, I have a simple exercise for you:

1. Close your eyes.

2. Imagine a table.

3. Imagine a ball rolling off the table.

(Seriously, before you read anything more, please do this now. I'll wait.)

Done?

Now, answer the following two questions:

1. What color was the ball?

2. What color was the table?

If you're a typical person, you probably answered that the ball was red, yellow or blue. I've also heard more elaborate descriptions of the ball, like yellow with blue stripes.

For the table, you might have thought of a color, or a material like wood. You may have even picked a specific wood, like pine or oak.

Now, for some of you, the answer might be more like mine...

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About the Author

Peter Armstrong
Peter Armstrong

Peter Armstrong is the founder and CEO of Leanpub. He has over two decades of experience in software, including eight years as a developer at Silicon Valley startups. He founded Ruboss in 2008, and launched Leanpub in 2010.

Peter coined the term Lean Publishing. Lean Publishing is the act of publishing an in-progress book using lightweight tools and many iterations to get reader feedback, pivot until you have the right book and build traction once you do.

Peter is the creator of Markua, the Markdown dialect used on Leanpub. He is the author of a number of books, including Lean Publishing, Aphantasia and Programming for Kids. He has a BSc in Computer Science and Psychology from the University of Victoria, and he and his wife live in Victoria, BC.

Table of Contents

    • Aphantasia: An Essay About Nothing
      • Imagine a Table
      • The Queen’s Gambit
      • Einstein
      • Tradeoffs
      • Sleep and Meditation
      • Intellectual Empathy
      • The Roommate With No Sense Of Smell
      • Inner Monologues
      • Religion and Art
      • Books and Movies
      • Why Travel, Hike or Take Pictures?
      • Code, Math, and Malls
      • An Essay About Nothing

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