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Chasing the Urge: Addiction Throughout History, with Carl Erik Fisher
Intelligence Squared
What Is a Diction?
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Helen asks what is a diction, and why does it run against the idea of rational agency and self control. Helen was in early recovery from adiction herself when she started her book. The word addiction first entered the english language around 500 years ago. It was something that involved some element of choice but disordered choice.
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