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Mar 2020
52m 28s

Not Overthinking: Coronavirus Edition

Ali & Taimur Abdaal
About this episode
This week we talk about the only thing there is to talk about right now — the Coronavirus crisis. We look back over the past few weeks to see how our thinking about the virus has changed, and we try and figure out how to get ourselves to emotionally care about things that are distant from us. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and Cali ... Show More
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