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if we can control the environment in which rapid cognition takes place, then we can control rapid cognition

Malcolm Gladwell

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Malcolm Gladwell
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: September 3
Journalist
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Sociologist
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Malcolm Timothy Gladwell
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