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1596 || your brain is play-doh

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1595 || brains are lazy, we are not

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1594 || dropping the cognitive load

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1593 || parenting yourself with love + logic

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1592 || consulting with love + logic

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1591 || micromanager vs. drill sargent

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1590 || tools for skeptical thinking || throwback

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1589 || the list for getting unstuck || throwback

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1588 || why learning sucks

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1587 || a silly + true teacher story

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1586 || some of my teacher stories || birthday episode

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1585 || dirt in a cog

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1584 || the next best choice

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1583 || tactical frivolity (joy is our way out)

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1582 || mental gymnastics (and how to stop)

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1581 || analysis paralysis

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1580 || contrast effect

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1579 || omission bias

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1578 || different versions of negativity bias

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1577 || how the brain copes with too much information

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1576 || frictionless leads to swaglessness

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1575 || our frictionless society

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1574 || there is a better way forward

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1573 || inside you are two wolves

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1572 || the life audit

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1571 || in the zone (where even winning is a distraction)

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1570 || state sponsored disinformation

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1569 || alive internet theory

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1568 || are ads inescapable?

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1567 || gamergate + why it matters

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1566 || the ideology of consumerism

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1565 || finally back from the depths of despair

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1564 || identity = consumerism

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1563 || prosperity gospel

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1562 || prosperity gospel (the church of consumerism)

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1561 || to have or to be?

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1560 || the two definitions of consumerism

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1559 || history of consumerism + why it matters

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1558 || kayfabe economy

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1557 || reducing shame around ethical consumption

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1556 || how supermarkets rewired the planet

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1555 || culture = consumerism

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1554 || murder of the middle class + cult of consumerism

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1553 || wheel of awareness (rerelease)

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1552 || a better option than capitalism

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1551 || alternatives to capitalism

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1550 || envisioning a better system

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1549 || the hard truth about America

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1548 || leaving my own pity party (NEW)

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1547 || the meaning of life (fan fave)

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1546 || how to finish tasks (rerelease)

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1545 || what if society was good, actually? (fan favorite episode)

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1545 || the drone of the magic around you (fan favorite episode)

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1544 || true feminism is intersectional

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1543 || choice feminism

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1542 || research for fun

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1541 || guilt is good, actually?

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1540 || some relationship advice

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1539 || how to escape an awkward conversations

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1538 || the final points of connection we all need

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1537 || the points of connection we all need

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1536 || finding support in difficult times

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1535 || how to actually respond (the conclusion)

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1534 || antagonists gonna antagonize

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1533 || how to create an open + tolerant society

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1532 || why you can't argue with a BFA

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1531 || discipline vs. devotion || a special patreon preview

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1530 || brandolini's law

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1529 || the how + why of bad faith actors

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1528 || Defining "bad faith actors"

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1527 || my fight with a bigot (a true story)

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1526 || the problem with tragic optimism

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1525 || the case for tragic optimism

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1524 || filling the "hole"

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1523 || becoming optimistic using the ABCDE method

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1522 || learned optimism

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1521 || why don't I remember my childhood?

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1520 || shame, cringe, + the fear of being perceived.

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1519 || the "value" of nature part 2

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1518 || the "value" of nature

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1517 || escaping the "skinner box"

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1516 || revisiting the "skinner box"

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1515 || mixed emotions are worse than negative ones

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1514 || you don't really look like that

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1513 || self care in trying times (finale)

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1512 || self care in trying times

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1511 || engaging ethically with AI

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1510 || AI's full list of downsides

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1509 || The Downsides to ChatGPT + AI

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1508 || the downfall of ChatGPT

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1507 || "livable wage" is a violent phrase

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1506 || Zohran Mamdani

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consequentialism - wait for it

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the authoritarian playbook

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hyper-normalization

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returning home

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stop intellectualizing everything + create something

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1500 || resisting the persuasion of reciprocity

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power under + how to find yours

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hurry sickness

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