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What Earthquakes Teach Us About Embracing Uncertainty
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‘Follow Your Passion’ Is Actually Good Advice (Sort of)
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Anxiety Due to Absence of Exposure to Real Danger
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Damn the Absolute!
A podcast about our relationship to ideas. Doing our damnedest not to block the path of inquiry. Hosted by Jeffrey Howard.
view episodes: The Opposable Thumb at the End of the Imagination
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