Today’s episode of the podcast features a conversation between John Papola and his good friend Arthur Brooks. Arthur, an author and social scientist, was formerly the president of the American Enterprise Institute. He is now a professor at Harvard. Arthur Brooks was also the subject and star of Papola’s feature documentary, The Pursuit.
John and Arthur discuss Brooks’ research on happiness, with a specific focus on how to be happy later in your life. They also talk about other expertise of Arthur’s, such as how to avoid a culture of contempt and how your intelligence changes as you age.
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References from this episode:
Incertoby Nassim Taleb
Gross National Happiness by Arthur Brooks
Flow by Mhaly Csikszentmihalyi
Love Your Enemies by Arthur Brooks
The Arthur Brooks Show(podcast)
The Pursuit (film)
