11. Are Ambitious People Inherently Selfish?

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  I've seen more dogs dance the flamenco

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  than I've seen children voluntarily give a piece of their birthday cake.

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  I'm Angela Duckworth.

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  I'm Stephen Dubner and you're listening to no Stupid Questions.

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  No Stupid Questions today on the show.

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  Is it possible to be self interested and altruistic at the same time?

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  What if I want to be a drug dealer?

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  What if I want to be a politician?

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  That plainly has no good effect on anyone.

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  Yes.

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  Also, why do we become desensitized to the most wonderful things about life?

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  Can you imagine how blissed out I would be

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  if every time I flushed a toilet I thanked my lucky stars?

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  Like, what kind of planet is this?

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  This is amazing.

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  Steven, I have a question for you.

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  Sure.

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  In your experience, would you say that ambitious and successful people are.

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  Are also selfish?

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  So as with every question and answer in the world, it's highly context dependent.

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