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Lauren Reiff
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Aug 17, 2019
The Reason You Shouldn’t Lie to Yourself
The ruinous effects of self-deception
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Maarten van Doorn
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Aug 5, 2019
Why The World Doesn’t Want You to Succeed (and What to do About it)
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Maarten van Doorn
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Aug 20, 2019
We Hardly Understand the Dynamics of Progress
Steven Pinker, optimism and how to live
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