A tangled ball of colorful thread beneath a glass dome, with loose strands beside it against a midnight-blue background.

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Mostly Harmless  ·  1992

Douglas Adams

All you really need to know for the moment is that the universe is a lot more complicated than you might think, even if you start from a position of thinking it's pretty damn complicated in the first place.

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Our interpretation.

A comically modest briefing: all you need to know is that the universe is more complicated than you think, even if you already think it's very complicated. It layers expectation upon expectation, making the point that complexity outruns imagination, with a casual swear adding humour.

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