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Apr 2024
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1302: Doomscrolling & the Endeavor for H...

RAGHUNATH CAPPO & KAUSTUBHA DAS
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all our conveniences are making our minds less patient / less patient minds are less happy / as soon as you endeavor for happiness it backfires / change your algorithms / you can't be happy unless you're satvic / break the doomscrolling cycles / a zoomed out perspective of history / a wise person develops simplicity / for small things we complicate our lives / this AI isn't the future we hoped for

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Check out Raghunath on the Rich Roll podcast at https://youtu.be/BLopUQdMIGk?si=xNJMpiZ-46qqLK2c

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