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The one button that makes humans braver than they actually are.

means To reverse an action and return something to the state it was in before you touched it.

from From Old English 'undon' — 'un-' (reversal) plus 'don,' the ancestor of 'do.' It's one of the oldest un- verbs in the language, originally meaning to unfasten or loosen something, like untying a knot or opening a door that had been shut — the physical sense came first, the digital rewind button borrowed it centuries later.

keyboard shortcut
ctrl+z, invented 1974 at xerox parc
real life gap
no undo exists, hence regret
psychology
makes people take riskier creative chances
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