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uman beings make poor investors. Evolution has programmed us to survive, and none of the instincts conducive to survival help us make sensible long-term decisions. Our tendency to exchange information and gossip ensured that we thrived when we crawled out of the sea, but it now means we might listen to investment advice on Twitter. Similarly, panicking

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