One morning in Tokyo, Alex Schwartzkopf furrows his brow as he evaluates a grant proposal. At the same time, Alex Schwartzkopf is thousands of kilometres away in Virginia, chatting with a colleague. A knock at the door causes them to look up. Alex Schwartzkopf walks in. Schwartzkopf is one of a small number of people who can be in more than one place at once and, in principle, do thousands of things at the same time.
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