Scanners want to taste everything. They love to learn about the structure of a flower, and they love to learn about the theory of music. And the adventures of travel. And the tangle of politics. To scanners the universe is a treasure house full of a million works of art, and life is hardly long enough to see them all.

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It’s from Barbara Sher’s 1994 book, I Could Do Anything If I Only Knew What It Was, Chapter Six I Want Too Many Things; I’m All Over the Map.

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