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#354 – Jeremi Suri: American Civil War

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I Like Disagreement, but Don't Stop What You're Doing

I see too many of my students who are afraid to take risks because they're afraid that someone will hate them. The reality is most people or there will always be at least one person that will have you back and that will support you. But in general, I'm exaggerating here because most of the time, 99% of people are supportive on the internet. It's just that something about the human psychology really stands out to you when somebody criticizes. When we don't see their face, it's very easy to say all kinds of things. This is historically different from where we were before in a society. We are naturally programmed not to want the other person to react to us in

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