101. Are You Really "Addicted" to Diet Coke?

No Stupid Questions

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🗓️ 29 May 2022

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Where’s the line between an addiction and a bad habit? Why do definitions of mental illnesses change over time? And what’s the most addictive thing in the world?

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0:00.0	Rabbit Hole, rabbit hole.
0:04.8	No, no, no, white rabbit.
0:05.9	I'm not following you down the rabbit hole.
0:07.4	I'm Angela Duckworth.
0:09.8	I'm Stephen Dubner.
0:10.8	And you're listening to no stupid questions.
0:14.2	Today on the show, what's the difference
0:16.6	between a habit and an addiction?
0:19.1	Am I addicted to Netflix?
0:20.4	Am I addicted to Facebook?
0:21.8	Am I addicted to film the plague?
0:23.6	I'm Angela Duckworth.
0:26.5	I'm Angela Duckworth.
0:29.4	So, Angela, I have a question today.
0:31.1	It's inspired by your behavior the last time we recorded.
0:36.1	I don't know if you remember.
0:37.3	I do remember the last time we recorded.
0:39.4	You were guzzling down a tiny can of diet coke.
0:42.7	And during our break, you exclaimed with great gusto
0:48.3	that it was wonderful.
0:50.1	And then you said, Stephen, I think I am addicted to diet coke.
0:53.9	And I've been thinking about that because I hear people say this
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