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A flywheel accelerates bad trajectories as easily as good ones. Oscar Wilde's fatal libel suit reveals why intelligent people walk straight into obvious blunders when momentum takes over.

Featuring: Oscar Wilde, Annie Duke, Trent Reznor

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Chapters:

(00:00) Oscar Wilde sues the Marquess of Queensberry
(01:06) A flywheel has no conscience
(01:18) Tilt at the poker table
(01:46) Speed chess and the engagement flywheel
(02:21) Meditation and running build executive control

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