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Episode 131: The Peacock Dance of Men


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TOPIC: Power, Yelling, and Airport Kung Fu

This week, Dan and Merlin continue their discussion of power and how it does or doesn't work.

Do real leaders actually talk like the douchebags, serial entrepreneurs, and screamy travelers struggling to imitate them? Not really. That's one way you can tell they're leaders.

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  • Déjà vu - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
    Déjà vu, from French, literally "already seen", is the phenomenon of having the strong sensation that an event or experience currently being experienced has been experienced in the past, whether it has actually happened or not.
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    Often described as the opposite of déjà vu, jamais vu involves a sense of eeriness and the observer's impression of seeing the situation for the first time, despite rationally knowing that he or she has been in the situation before.
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    Matt and Myke do not know what they have done here. There was some discussion about Moto X and some other small topics—but it's mixed in between absolute insanity. Enjoy!
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  • Digital Baubles: For some reason I couldn’t reblog my own post, so I’m cutting and... | kung fu grippe
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    Per today’s B2W. Merlin's sketch for a new dance song. It’s a start.
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