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The One You Feed | Personal Growth, Emotional Resilience & Purpose — The Age of Magical Overthinking: Why Our Minds Keep Doubling Down with Amanda Montell
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The Age of Magical Overthinking: Why Our Minds Keep Doubling Down with Amanda Montell

The One You Feed | Personal Growth, Emotional Resilience & Purpose

In this episode, Amanda Montell explores the age of magical overthinking and why our minds keep doubling down. She discusses how cognitive biases and irrational thinking shape our perceptions and behaviors in the information age. Amanda also explains shine theory, zero-sum and sunk cost biases, and the allure of…

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