{"id":51330,"date":"2014-05-21T21:43:25","date_gmt":"2014-05-21T19:43:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=51330"},"modified":"2014-05-21T21:43:25","modified_gmt":"2014-05-21T19:43:25","slug":"how-the-worst-moments-in-our-lives-make-us-who-we-are","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=51330","title":{"rendered":"How the worst moments in our lives make us who we are"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/embed.ted.com\/talks\/andrew_solomon_how_the_worst_moments_in_our_lives_make_us_who_we_are.html\" width=\"530\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Writer Andrew Solomon has spent his career telling stories of the hardships of others. Now he turns inward, bringing us into a childhood of adversity, while also spinning tales of the courageous people he&#8217;s met in the years since. 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