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#482 – Pavel Durov: Telegram, Freedom, Censorship, Money, Power & Human Nature

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Very often people are trying to escape something in their lives with alcohol. What is it they're trying to escape? What is this problem? You have to get to the bottom of it. Your mind is trying to tell you something valuable, and instead of addressing it directly, you are flooding it in alcohol, which is sort of a spiritual painkiller, but works only temporarily, and then you have to pay the debt with interest.

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#482 – Pavel Durov: Telegram, Freedom, …

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