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22. Why Do We Buy Things We’ll Never Use?

No Stupid Questions

Quinoa and Books and Exercise Equipment Have in Common

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Stephen Colbert: Why can't we remember anything about the books we love? He says he's a slow reader and estimates that he remembers between one and five percent of what he has read. "I might have to read the hundred books to learn something life-changing in one of them"

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