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Podcast: The Dollar Vigilante
Episode: It’s A Horrible World: Agenda 2030 Accelerated! Burning Man, Burning Maui
Description:
Most people don’t do well sitting alone with their thoughts, even for just a few minutes. And some prefer negative experiences to being inside their own heads.
If you could have dinner alone with any person in the world, it would probably not be yourself. In fact, people will do almost anything to avoid spending even a few minutes listening to their own inner monologues.
Previous research has shown that people tend to be happier when they are focused on the task at hand—such as reading a book, having sex, or studying—rather than l...