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Causality: The Elusive C at the Heart of Story
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#SOTD 98: A simple visual to compare populations (Amazing Maps)
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#SOTD 97: Start with a very narrow audience (Lenny Rachitsky tweet)
July 19, 2022
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#SOTD 96: The rise of ‘Narrative capital’ (Sajith Pai post)
July 18, 2022
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