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The Mockingcast

Mockingbird

Episode 295: The Blessing of Being Forgotten

MAY 26, 202663 MIN
The Mockingcast

Episode 295: The Blessing of Being Forgotten

MAY 26, 202663 MIN

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In which RJ, Sarah, and Dave talk forced cheeriness, prediction addiction, satisficing breakthroughs, and the grammar of grace. Also, Sarah visits the mothership while Dave maximizes hot dogs. Click here to read about Starbucks notes in The Boston Globe. Click here to read Joshua Rothman's essay "Do We Think Too Much About the Future?" in The New Yorker. Click here to read "The Blessing of Being Forgotten" by John Pennylegion on Mbird. Click here to read about The Nobel-Prize Winning Psychologist Who Thought He Found the Secret to Happiness in The NY Times. Click here to read Trygve Johnson's substack on The Grammar of Grace. Click here to listen to the episode of The Daily about the resurgence of religion in the United States.