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Why do people self-sabotage?
Understanding why people do dumb stuff that hurts them, with lessons from Bill Belichick, Charlie Sheen, Hernán Cortez, Michael Jordan, and Raskolnikov.
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9 Ways To Study People
Techniques for understanding humans better, some conventional and some unspeakably taboo.
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Liberalism is a luxury good
Why going too far to the left can destroy society. Plus, Mamdani's hit-and-run, Liberia elects a warlord, and why criminal gangs are never multi-ethnic.
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How authority works
Plus, some guy claims to be the King of France, flying a plane vs. managing a pandemic, and what doctors and witch doctors have in common.
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Average organization size
The hidden key to understanding human societies. Plus, building the Colosseum in 1000 A.D., and lessons about large organizations from Fiat, Simon…
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How to be happy
The secret to happiness on Earth, as told by Buddha, Ayn Rand, and Darwinian neuroscience.
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Why don't we all get along?
Understanding how people form ingroups and outgroups, why, and what to do about it.
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