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58. What’s So Gratifying About Gossip?

No Stupid Questions

What Sort of Information Is Us Weekly Delivering to You?

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We have this instinct to gossip that is being played out in the form of reading us weekly. It's just that we have this evolutionarily conserved tendency, you know, much like craving for fat, salt and sugar,. Its evolutionary origins, its kind of getting us into a lot of trouble right now. The valuable information you're getting is like, how does society work? What's frowned upon, what's oved? How should we behave? How will other people think?

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