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May 13, 2022 • 21 tweets • 6 min read
Here’s a little thread on a $10,000 contest I’m involved in (which you can still enter at thepuzzlerbook.com). And how it grew into something beyond my wildest ayahuasca-fueled dreams. (Disclaimer:I’ve never tried ayahuasca, so maybe I'd have imagined it if I’d done a bunch)
It began when I was a kid and read the 1979 British book “Masquerade.” The book had these amazing illustrations that contained hints to the location of a buried treasure. It sparked a frenzy.
