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Anyone who has invented a better mousetrap, or the contemporary equivalent, can expect to be harassed by strangers demanding that you read their unpublished manuscripts or undergo the humiliation of public speaking, usually on remote Midwestern campuses.

Barbara Ehrenreich

Barbara Ehrenreich (b. 1941), U.S. author and columnist. First published in New York Times (1985). "The Cult of Busyness," The Worst Years of Our Lives (1991).

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