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Revenge of the Tipping Point

Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering

de Malcolm Gladwell ...

Narrado por Malcolm Gladwell ...

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8 hora 25 minutos

Twenty-five years after the publication of his groundbreaking first book, Malcolm Gladwell returns in this New York Times bestseller that reframes the lessons of The Tipping Point in a startling and revealing light.Why is Miami ... Miami? What does the heartbreaking fate of the cheetah tell us about the way we raise our children? Why do Ivy League schools care so much about sports? What is the ... Leer más

$24.99 USD

Twenty-five years after the publication of his groundbreaking first book, Malcolm Gladwell returns in this New York Times bestseller that reframes the lessons of The Tipping Point in a startling and revealing light.Why is Miami ... Miami? What does the heartbreaking fate of the cheetah tell us about the way we raise our children? Why do Ivy League schools care so much about sports? What is the
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What We Ask Google

A Surprisingly Hopeful History of Humankind

de Simon Rogers ...

Narrado por Simon Rogers ...

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4 hora 23 minutos

Ever wondered what goes through other people’s minds—their silly questions, their inner anxieties, hopes, and dreams?In What We Ask Google, Simon Rogers explores insights from the world’s biggest dataset: an epic snapshot, two decades long and counting, of our collective brain. What it reveals about us might surprise you.Every June, for instance, the world sees a spike in searches for “How to help ... Leer más

$18.00 USD

Ever wondered what goes through other people’s minds—their silly questions, their inner anxieties, hopes, and dreams?In What We Ask Google, Simon Rogers explores insights from the world’s biggest dataset: an epic snapshot, two decades long and counting, of our collective brain. What it reveals about us might surprise you.Every June, for instance, the world sees a spike in searches for “How to help
... Leer más
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Open Socrates

The Case for a Philosophical Life

de Agnes Callard ...

Narrado por Agnes Callard ...

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12 hora 14 minutos

An iconoclastic philosopher revives Socrates for our time, showing how we can answer—and, in the first place, ask—life’s most important questions.Socrates has been hiding in plain sight. We call him the father of Western philosophy, but what exactly are his philosophical views? He is famous for his humility, but readers often find him arrogant and condescending. We parrot his claim that “the ... Leer más

$24.99 USD

An iconoclastic philosopher revives Socrates for our time, showing how we can answer—and, in the first place, ask—life’s most important questions.Socrates has been hiding in plain sight. We call him the father of Western philosophy, but what exactly are his philosophical views? He is famous for his humility, but readers often find him arrogant and condescending. We parrot his claim that “the
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The Macat Analysis of Thomas Robert Malthus's An Essay on the Principle of Population

de Nick Broten ...

Narrado por John Chancer ...

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1 horas 40 minutos

One of the most influential books on economics ever written, An Essay on the Principle of Population remains one of the most controversial, too. Arguing that unchecked population growth will eventually outstrip food availability and lead to famine and disease, this 1798 work inspired naturalists Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace to develop the theory of natural selection. But it has also ... Leer más

$11.99 USD

One of the most influential books on economics ever written, An Essay on the Principle of Population remains one of the most controversial, too. Arguing that unchecked population growth will eventually outstrip food availability and lead to famine and disease, this 1798 work inspired naturalists Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace to develop the theory of natural selection. But it has also
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Every 90 Seconds

Our Common Cause Ending Violence Against Women

de Anne P. DePrince ...

Narrado por Susan Bennett ...

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9 hora 15 minutos

Every 90 seconds a woman is sexually assaulted. In that same minute and a half, another is a victim of domestic violence at the hands of a current or former intimate partner. Every sixteen hours, one of those intimate partners shoots and kills a woman. Nearly two in tenwomen are stalked, while one in sixteen is raped during her first sexual experience. Despite these jaw-dropping statistics, ... Leer más

$19.99 USD

Every 90 seconds a woman is sexually assaulted. In that same minute and a half, another is a victim of domestic violence at the hands of a current or former intimate partner. Every sixteen hours, one of those intimate partners shoots and kills a woman. Nearly two in tenwomen are stalked, while one in sixteen is raped during her first sexual experience. Despite these jaw-dropping statistics,
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After the Spike

de Michael Geruso, Dean Spears ...

Narrado por Sean Patrick Hopkins ...

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9 hora 14 minutos

NATIONAL BESTSELLERWhat if the challenge for humanity’s future is not too many people on a crowded planet, but too few people to sustain the progress that the world needs?Most people on Earth today live in a country where birth rates already are too low to stabilize the population: fewer than two children for every two adults. In After the Spike, economists Dean Spears and Michael Geruso sound a ... Leer más

$25.99 USD

NATIONAL BESTSELLERWhat if the challenge for humanity’s future is not too many people on a crowded planet, but too few people to sustain the progress that the world needs?Most people on Earth today live in a country where birth rates already are too low to stabilize the population: fewer than two children for every two adults. In After the Spike, economists Dean Spears and Michael Geruso sound a
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Open Socrates

The Case for a Philosophical Life

de Agnes Callard ...

Narrado por Agnes Callard ...

Completo

12 hora 14 minutos

An iconoclastic philosopher revives Socrates for our time, showing how we can answer—and, in the first place, ask—life’s most important questions.Socrates has been hiding in plain sight. We call him the father of Western philosophy, but what exactly are his philosophical views? He is famous for his humility, but readers often find him arrogant and condescending. We parrot his claim that “the ... Leer más

$24.99 USD

An iconoclastic philosopher revives Socrates for our time, showing how we can answer—and, in the first place, ask—life’s most important questions.Socrates has been hiding in plain sight. We call him the father of Western philosophy, but what exactly are his philosophical views? He is famous for his humility, but readers often find him arrogant and condescending. We parrot his claim that “the
... Leer más
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Statistics for Beginners: How easy it is to lie with statistics in business, social science, politics, criminology and law

de Bob Mather ...

Narrado por Cliff Weldon ...

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3 hora 2 minutos

Big Brother is watching you. Discover how statistics can be used to control our society.Have you ever wondered what your neighbor does every morning at 8:35 am, when you hear weird sounds coming from his balcony?Did you ever realize that the “likes“ you put on other people´s Instagram account will influence the next summer collection of Zara, H&M, and Nike?Are you aware that whenever you swipe ... Leer más

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Big Brother is watching you. Discover how statistics can be used to control our society.Have you ever wondered what your neighbor does every morning at 8:35 am, when you hear weird sounds coming from his balcony?Did you ever realize that the “likes“ you put on other people´s Instagram account will influence the next summer collection of Zara, H&M, and Nike?Are you aware that whenever you swipe
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The Black Swan: Second Edition

The Impact of the Highly Improbable: With a new section: "On Robustness and Fragility"

de Nassim Nicholas Taleb ...

Narrado por Joe Ochman ...

Series Audiolibro 2 - Incerto
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15 hora 48 minutos

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The most influential book of the past seventy-five years: a groundbreaking exploration of everything we know about what we don’t know, now with a new section called “On Robustness and Fragility.”A black swan is a highly improbable event with three principal characteristics: It is unpredictable; it carries a massive impact; and, after the fact, we concoct an explanation ... Leer más

$25.00 USD

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The most influential book of the past seventy-five years: a groundbreaking exploration of everything we know about what we don’t know, now with a new section called “On Robustness and Fragility.”A black swan is a highly improbable event with three principal characteristics: It is unpredictable; it carries a massive impact; and, after the fact, we concoct an explanation
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The Precipice

Existential Risk and the Future of Humanity

de Toby Ord ...

Narrado por Toby Ord ...

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8 hora 13 minutos

From one of the world’s leading moral voices, this urgent and eye-opening book makes the case thatprotecting humanity’s future is the central challenge of our time.If all goes well, human history is just beginning. Our species could survive for billions of years—enough time toend disease, poverty, and injustice, and to flourish in ways unimaginable today. But this vast future is at risk. With ... Leer más

$19.99 USD

From one of the world’s leading moral voices, this urgent and eye-opening book makes the case thatprotecting humanity’s future is the central challenge of our time.If all goes well, human history is just beginning. Our species could survive for billions of years—enough time toend disease, poverty, and injustice, and to flourish in ways unimaginable today. But this vast future is at risk. With
... Leer más
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The Logic of Life

The Rational Economics of an Irrational World

de Tim Harford ...

Narrado por L.J. Ganser ...

Abreviado

6 hora 8 minutos

Life sometimes seems illogical. Individuals do strange things: take drugs, have unprotected sex, mug each other. Love seems irrational, and so does divorce. On a larger scale, life seems no fairer or easier to fathom: Why do some neighborhoods thrive and others become ghettos? Why is racism so persistent? Why is your idiot boss paid a fortune for sitting behind a mahogany altar? Thorny questions ... Leer más

$15.99 USD

Life sometimes seems illogical. Individuals do strange things: take drugs, have unprotected sex, mug each other. Love seems irrational, and so does divorce. On a larger scale, life seems no fairer or easier to fathom: Why do some neighborhoods thrive and others become ghettos? Why is racism so persistent? Why is your idiot boss paid a fortune for sitting behind a mahogany altar? Thorny questions
... Leer más
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Ложь, наглая ложь и статистика. Приемы, которые помогут видеть правду за цифрами

de Тим Харфорд ...

Narrado por Ivan Искусственный интеллект ...

Series series Книги-драйверы
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11 hora 49 minutos

С помощью статистики можно доказать, что детей приносят аисты. Или убедить всех, что Земля плоская! И только 10 простых правил Тима Харфорда помогут не попадаться на удочку искажений истины. Автор уверен, что восприятие информации сильно зависит от наших эмоций, предубеждений и политических взглядов. Не включая критическое мышление, мы бездумно репостим сообщения о новых невероятных открытиях ... Leer más

$10.99 USD

С помощью статистики можно доказать, что детей приносят аисты. Или убедить всех, что Земля плоская! И только 10 простых правил Тима Харфорда помогут не попадаться на удочку искажений истины. Автор уверен, что восприятие информации сильно зависит от наших эмоций, предубеждений и политических взглядов. Не включая критическое мышление, мы бездумно репостим сообщения о новых невероятных открытиях
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Learning From Strangers

The Art and Method of Qualitative Interview Studies

de Robert S. Weiss ...

Narrado por Dan Gallagher ...

Completo

8 hora 19 minutos

Learning From Strangers is the definitive work on qualitative research interviewing. It draws on Robert Weiss's 30 years of experience in interviewing and teaching others how to do it. The most effective interviews, says Weiss, rely on creating cooperation - an open and trusting alliance between interviewer and respondent, dedicated to specific and honest accounts of both internal and external ... Leer más

$24.99 USD

Learning From Strangers is the definitive work on qualitative research interviewing. It draws on Robert Weiss's 30 years of experience in interviewing and teaching others how to do it. The most effective interviews, says Weiss, rely on creating cooperation - an open and trusting alliance between interviewer and respondent, dedicated to specific and honest accounts of both internal and external
... Leer más
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The Tipping Point

How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference

de Malcolm Gladwell ...

Narrado por Malcolm Gladwell ...

Completo

8 hora 34 minutos

From the bestselling author of The Bomber Mafia: discover Malcolm Gladwell's breakthrough debut and explore the science behind viral trends in business, marketing, and human behavior.The tipping point is that magic moment when an idea, trend, or social behavior crosses a threshold, tips, and spreads like wildfire. Just as a single sick person can start an epidemic of the flu, so too can a small ... Leer más

$24.99 USD

From the bestselling author of The Bomber Mafia: discover Malcolm Gladwell's breakthrough debut and explore the science behind viral trends in business, marketing, and human behavior.The tipping point is that magic moment when an idea, trend, or social behavior crosses a threshold, tips, and spreads like wildfire. Just as a single sick person can start an epidemic of the flu, so too can a small
... Leer más
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Democracy's Data

The Hidden Stories in the U.S. Census and How to Read Them

de Dan Bouk ...

Narrado por Mike Chamberlain ...

Completo

11 hora 3 minutos

The census isn't just a data-collection process; it's a ritual, and a tool, of American democracy. Behind every neat grid of numbers is a collage of messy, human stories—you just have to know how to read them.In Democracy's Data, the data historian Dan Bouk examines the 1940 U.S. census, uncovering what those numbers both condense and cleverly abstract: a universe of meaning and uncertainty, of ... Leer más

$24.99 USD

The census isn't just a data-collection process; it's a ritual, and a tool, of American democracy. Behind every neat grid of numbers is a collage of messy, human stories—you just have to know how to read them.In Democracy's Data, the data historian Dan Bouk examines the 1940 U.S. census, uncovering what those numbers both condense and cleverly abstract: a universe of meaning and uncertainty, of
... Leer más
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Numbers Tell Stories

How Data Reveals the Surprising Truths About Our World from the Bestselling Author

de Vaclav Smil ...

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Brought to you by Penguin.From the internationally bestselling author, a revealing look at the surprising numbers that uncover the hidden forces shaping our worldWhat do marriage, milk and the black market tell us about the state of humanity? Most people would say, not much at all. But the numbers reveal startling truths about who we are, how we live and where we’re headed. For centuries we’ve ... Leer más

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Brought to you by Penguin.From the internationally bestselling author, a revealing look at the surprising numbers that uncover the hidden forces shaping our worldWhat do marriage, milk and the black market tell us about the state of humanity? Most people would say, not much at all. But the numbers reveal startling truths about who we are, how we live and where we’re headed. For centuries we’ve
... Leer más
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The Nature of the Beast

de David J. Anderson ...

Narrado por L.J. Ganser ...

Completo

9 hora 36 minutos

Does your dog get sad when you leave for the day? Does your cat purr because she loves you? Do bears attack when they’re angry? You can’t very well ask them.In fact, scientists haven’t been able to reach a consensus on whether animals even have emotions like humans do, let alone how to study them. Yet studies of animal emotion are critical for understanding human emotion and mental illness.In The ... Leer más

$19.99 USD

Does your dog get sad when you leave for the day? Does your cat purr because she loves you? Do bears attack when they’re angry? You can’t very well ask them.In fact, scientists haven’t been able to reach a consensus on whether animals even have emotions like humans do, let alone how to study them. Yet studies of animal emotion are critical for understanding human emotion and mental illness.In The
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Dataclysm

Who We Are (When We Think No One's Looking)

de Christian Rudder ...

Narrado por Kaleo Griffith ...

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7 hora 33 minutos

**A New York Times BestsellerAn audacious, irreverent investigation of human behavior—and a first look at a revolution in the making**Our personal data has been used to spy on us, hire and fire us, and sell us stuff we don’t need. In Dataclysm, Christian Rudder uses it to show us who we truly are.For centuries, we’ve relied on polling or small-scale lab experiments to study human behavior. Today, ... Leer más

$17.99 USD

**A New York Times BestsellerAn audacious, irreverent investigation of human behavior—and a first look at a revolution in the making**Our personal data has been used to spy on us, hire and fire us, and sell us stuff we don’t need. In Dataclysm, Christian Rudder uses it to show us who we truly are.For centuries, we’ve relied on polling or small-scale lab experiments to study human behavior. Today,
... Leer más
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The Tipping Point

de Malcolm Gladwell ...

Narrado por Malcolm Gladwell ...

Abreviado

3 hora 4 minutos

Discover Malcolm Gladwell's breakthrough debut and explore the science behind viral trends in business, marketing, and human behavior.The tipping point is that magic moment when an idea, trend, or social behavior crosses a threshold, tips, and spreads like wildfire. Just as a single sick person can start an epidemic of the flu, so too can a small but precisely targeted push cause a fashion trend, ... Leer más

$18.99 USD

Discover Malcolm Gladwell's breakthrough debut and explore the science behind viral trends in business, marketing, and human behavior.The tipping point is that magic moment when an idea, trend, or social behavior crosses a threshold, tips, and spreads like wildfire. Just as a single sick person can start an epidemic of the flu, so too can a small but precisely targeted push cause a fashion trend,
... Leer más
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The Secret Life of Public Opinion

What people really think about politics

de Stephan Shakespeare, Joel Rogers de Waal ...

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**Brought to you by Penguin.The team at YouGov reveal how public opinion really works – and reveal that we’re not as divided as we think.**Are anti-democratic authoritarians really on the rise? Is British politics actually more polarised than ever before? And do Britons genuinely hold strong views on the ‘culture wars’?From reading the news, you’d think the answer to all these questions is a ... Leer más

$19.11 USD

PEDIDO ANTICIPADO

**Brought to you by Penguin.The team at YouGov reveal how public opinion really works – and reveal that we’re not as divided as we think.**Are anti-democratic authoritarians really on the rise? Is British politics actually more polarised than ever before? And do Britons genuinely hold strong views on the ‘culture wars’?From reading the news, you’d think the answer to all these questions is a
... Leer más
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The Model Thinker

What You Need to Know to Make Data Work for You

de Scott E. Page ...

Narrado por Jamie Renell ...

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15 hora 45 minutos

Work with data like a pro using this guide that breaks down how to organize, apply, and most importantly, understand what you are analyzing in order to become a true data ninja.From the stock market to genomics laboratories, census figures to marketing email blasts, we are awash with data. But as anyone who has ever opened up a spreadsheet packed with seemingly infinite lines of data knows, ... Leer más

$31.99 USD

Work with data like a pro using this guide that breaks down how to organize, apply, and most importantly, understand what you are analyzing in order to become a true data ninja.From the stock market to genomics laboratories, census figures to marketing email blasts, we are awash with data. But as anyone who has ever opened up a spreadsheet packed with seemingly infinite lines of data knows,
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The Theory That Would Not Die

How Bayes' Rule Cracked the Enigma Code, Hunted Down Russian Submarines, and Emerged Triumphant from Two Centuries of Controversy

de Sharon Bertsch McGrayne ...

Narrado por Laural Merlington ...

Completo

11 hora 51 minutos

Bayes' rule appears to be a straightforward, one-line theorem: by updating our initial beliefs with objective new information, we get a new and improved belief. To its adherents, it is an elegant statement about learning from experience. To its opponents, it is subjectivity run amok.In the first-ever account of Bayes' rule for general readers, Sharon Bertsch McGrayne explores this controversial ... Leer más

$20.99 USD

Bayes' rule appears to be a straightforward, one-line theorem: by updating our initial beliefs with objective new information, we get a new and improved belief. To its adherents, it is an elegant statement about learning from experience. To its opponents, it is subjectivity run amok.In the first-ever account of Bayes' rule for general readers, Sharon Bertsch McGrayne explores this controversial
... Leer más
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Цифры врут. Как не дать статистике обмануть себя

de Дэвид Чиверс, Том Чиверс ...

Narrado por Таня Фельгенгауэр ...

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5 hora 29 minutos

НАСТОЯЩИЙ МАТЕРИАЛ (ИНФОРМАЦИЯ) (ПРОИЗВЕДЕН, РАСПРОСТРАНЕН И (ИЛИ) НАПРАВЛЕН) ИНОСТРАННЫМ АГЕНТОМ (Татьяной Фельгенгауэр Владимировной), ЛИБО КАСАЕТСЯ ДЕЯТЕЛЬНОСТИ ИНОСТРАННОГО АГЕНТА (Татьяна Фельгенгауэр Владимировна). Чтение на ночь сокращает жизнь. Видеоигры провоцируют массовые убийства. Газировка делает людей агрессивными. Что?! Нет! Каждый день медиа пишут о сенсационных открытиях и ... Leer más

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НАСТОЯЩИЙ МАТЕРИАЛ (ИНФОРМАЦИЯ) (ПРОИЗВЕДЕН, РАСПРОСТРАНЕН И (ИЛИ) НАПРАВЛЕН) ИНОСТРАННЫМ АГЕНТОМ (Татьяной Фельгенгауэр Владимировной), ЛИБО КАСАЕТСЯ ДЕЯТЕЛЬНОСТИ ИНОСТРАННОГО АГЕНТА (Татьяна Фельгенгауэр Владимировна). Чтение на ночь сокращает жизнь. Видеоигры провоцируют массовые убийства. Газировка делает людей агрессивными. Что?! Нет! Каждый день медиа пишут о сенсационных открытиях и
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Non-Obvious

How to Think Different, Curate Ideas & Predict The Future

de Rohit Bhargava ...

Narrado por Tom Zingarelli ...

Completo

5 hora 29 minutos

What do Disney, Bollywood, and "the Batkid" teach us about how to create celebrity experiences for our audiences? How can a vending machine inspire world peace? Can being "imperfect" make your business more marketable? Can a selfie improve one's confidence? When can addiction be a good thing?The answers to these questions may not be all that obvious, and that's exactly the point. For the past four ... Leer más

$16.99 USD

What do Disney, Bollywood, and "the Batkid" teach us about how to create celebrity experiences for our audiences? How can a vending machine inspire world peace? Can being "imperfect" make your business more marketable? Can a selfie improve one's confidence? When can addiction be a good thing?The answers to these questions may not be all that obvious, and that's exactly the point. For the past four
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