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We're Ruled by Passions, Right?

"We didn't do anything to prepare for this except read it. And here, i don't think we really talked about the text that much," he says. "It's interesting how these conversations go, because they can go almost anywhere." The book is actually about why we are the way we are and comes from a time when man was not ruled by passions but by logic and reason. 'I'm keenly aware of that right now,' writes Ken Jennings in his final chapter.

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