“Even traditionally well educated and literate individuals are significantly restricted by the fact that they are able to use only a fraction of the biological and conceptual thinking tools which are available”

— Tony Buzan

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The Mind Map Book, Buzan and Buzan (1991)

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British psychologist 1942–2019

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