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You Don’t Have My Metaphorical Stamp of Approval

  https://open.spotify.com/track/2OWeHRkB6kKDG0zq6egBPD?si=hkW3vH5GTEWjZWwtZQE2Dw Dear World,  Today I purchased a random book with a coupon I had. Its title is “Strange News from Another Planet” and I had little rationale for purchasing the book, other than the small blurb at the back that claimed there was a zookeeper who could talk to animals- a life long dream of mine. It was a single book, A6, with nothing more but a white cover and a single copy on the shelf.  I was afraid, and had second thoughts at the counter as I went to pay. I shuffled, and even stepped back to reexamine the shelves. Why? Because the regret of purchasing a book I didn’t like was far too great a risk for me. Yet, I got it anyway.  It’s an interesting concept- that we’re afraid of unknown possibilities and then in the rare chance when they don’t go right, then we reaffirm our negative bias that tells us that our decision was undoubtedly going to go pear-shaped. So when I told somebody that I...