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Gossip: The Social Currency

2017-03-05

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We all trade in a social currency that helps increase our social knowledge and status. That currency is gossip. Whether it's about the sex lives or hygiene of others or the twist ending to a movie, we can't avoid it. So let's learn to love it and use it effectively.

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Film Credits -

Game of Thrones Season 2 Episode 4 and Season 5 Episode 5; HBO; All Rights Reserved

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"Let's Get it On" by Marvin Gaye

"Furious Freak" and "Daily Beetle (Edited)" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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