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Malcolm Gladwell: Do More Choices Make Us Happier?

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Part 1 of the TED Radio Hour episode Decisions Decisions Decisions.

About Malcolm Gladwell's TED Talk

We assume that our choices come with prepackaged consequences. But author Malcolm Gladwell explains how we aren't simply passive recipients of our decisions.

About Malcolm Gladwell

Malcolm Gladwell is a staff writer for the New Yorker, writing on topics such as crime, food, marketing and race. He has also written five books, including his most recent, David and Goliath. He is also the host of the podcast Revisionist History.

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