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Why do we stop trying even when a way out still exists? Explore learned helplessness, the psychology of control, and the famous experiments of Martin Seligman and Steven Maier. Through Friedrich Nietzsche's ideas of slave morality and ressentiment, this episode uncovers how repeated defeat can change not only what we do, but also what we believe we want.
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