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No Stupid Questions · 2026-09-06 · 40 min · 6,692 words

91. Do You Savor or Gobble?

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The average elementary school student would have knifed the teacher. I'm Angela Duckworth. I'm Steven Dubner. And you're listening to no stupid questions. Today on the show

What is the difference between a person who sabers and someone who devours? This makes me even more suspicious of the marshmallow fury because you're thinking I am a one marshmallow girl, obviously. Angela, I have a question for which there is certainly no right Answer. Oh my favorite kinda question. The question is as follows. When You

get something new and or valuable or just desirable. Are you personally more inclined to treasure it? And save it for special occasions and maybe try to preserve it, keep it as new as possible.

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