Daniel T. Gilbert (1957) American psychologist
Daniel T. Gilbert (2007) in: John Brockman. What is your dangerous idea?: today's leading thinkers on the unthinkable. Harper Perennial, 2007, p. 42
“Yes, books are dangerous. They should be dangerous - they contain ideas.”
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