感谢卡梅尔·韦斯曼（Carmel Weismann）、华金·凯勒（Joaquín Keller）和安托万（Antoine Mazieres）对大脑和心智主题提出的意见。
感谢本杰明·Z.凯达尔（Benjamin Z. Kedar）种下种子、辛勤灌溉。
感谢迭戈·奥尔斯坦（Diego Olstein）多年来温暖的友谊、冷静的指引。
感谢阿米尔（Ehud Amir）、舒奇·布鲁克（Shuki Bruck）、米尔·沃泽尔（Miri Worzel）、盖伊·扎斯拉瓦基（Guy Zaslavaki）、迈克尔·科恩（Michal Cohen）、约西·莫里（Yossi Maurey）、阿米尔·萨马凯–芬克（Amir Sumakai-Fink）、萨瑞·阿哈罗尼（Sarai Aharoni）和阿迪·埃兹拉（Adi Ezra），他们分别阅读了部分手稿，提出了他们的意见。
感谢艾洛纳·阿里尔（Eilona Ariel）总像是热情的源泉、坚实的避风港。
感谢伊茨克的母亲兼会计汉娜·亚哈夫（Hannah Yahav），巧妙处理所有财务事宜。
感谢我的外祖母范妮（Fanny）、母亲普妮娜（Pnina）、两位姐姐艾纳特（Einat）和利亚特（Liat），以及其他所有亲朋好友的支持与陪伴。
感谢钱巴（Chamba）、彭戈（Pengo）和奇里（Chili），对本书主要概念及理论提供宝贵意见。
最后要感谢我的另一半兼经理人伊茨克（Itzik），他已经成了我的万物互联网。
注释
第1章
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