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Opening Credits
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01 preface the letters this book came from
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02 part one the machinery of feeling
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03 chapter one the oldest question
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04 chapter two a stone age mind in a modern world
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05 chapter three why feeling was invented
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06 chapter 4 the carrot and the whip
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07 chapter 5 what happiness really is
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08 part 2 the carrots
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09 chapter 6 appetite the pleasure of eating
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10 chapter 7 desire the engine of reproduction
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11 chapter 8 love the glue that holds us
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12 chapter 9 belonging the warmth of the tribe
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13 chapter 10 curiosity the itch to know
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14 chapter 11 wanderlust the itch to go
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15 chapter 12 foraging the pleasure of the find
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16 chapter 13 play and joy practice disguised as fun
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17 chapter 14 awe the feeling of something larger
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18 chapter 15 pride the hunger for status
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19 part 3 the whips
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20 chapter 16 fear the oldest alarm
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21 chapter 17 anxiety fear without a tiger
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22 chapter 18 anger the defense of what’s ours
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23 chapter 19 disgust the body’s border guard
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24 chapter 20 sadness and grief the price of attachment
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25 chapter 21 loneliness the pain that keeps us together
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26 chapter 22 shame the fear of being cast out
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27 chapter 23 guilt the conscience of a social animal
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28 chapter 24 jealousy and envy the mathematics of comparison
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29 part 4 the glitches
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30 chapter 25 the hijacked reward
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31 chapter 26 the comparison machine
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32 chapter 27 the alarm that never stops
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33 chapter 28 the idle mind
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34 chapter 29 love in the age of infinite choice
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35 chapter 30 together and alone
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36 chapter 31 the outrage engine
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37 part 5 steering by hand
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38 chapter 32 reading your own compass
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39 chapter 33 feeding and moving the animal
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40 chapter 34 building a tribe on purpose
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41 chapter 35 work that fits the animal
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42 chapter 36 quieting the mind
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43 chapter 37 designing your cave
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44 part 6 the meaning
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45 chapter 38 what life is for
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46 chapter 39 the practice of happiness
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47 chapter 40 a letter to end with
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Ending Credits
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