Very Bad Wizards
a philosopher and a psychologist ponder human morality
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Episode 136: The Good Life (with Laurie Santos)
March 27th, 2018 | 1 hr 32 mins
happiness, the good life, yale
From Very Bad Wizards to Megyn Kelly Today back to Very Bad Wizards, Laurie Santos has traveled the typical trajectory of the celebrity academic. Laurie joins us to talk about her cult status after creating the most popular course in Yale University history: Psychology and the Good Life. The course explores questions like: Why are we so bad at predicting what will make us happy? What makes it so hard to do the things we know are good for us? Why young are people more stressed, anxious, and overworked than they used to be? And how can we nudge ourselves into living better lives?