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A Short History of Human Emotions

 

In this fascinating TED talk, historian Tiffany Watt Smith explains how the words we use to describe our emotions affect how we feel, and how they change (sometimes dramatically) in response to new cultural expectations and ideas – eg. Nostalgia, was first defined in 1688 as an illness and considered quite deadly.

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