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Arthur Brooks studies happiness for a living, and he says the epidemic of depression and anxiety among young adults comes down to one culprit: a meaning crisis.
Brooks walks through the biology of falling in love, the real formula behind human suffering, and why a Harvard study spanning 85 years found deep relationships to be the single strongest predictor of a happy old age.
0:00 Chapter 1: Why life feels meaningless
7:20 Our 250,000-year-old wiring vs. complicated tech
16:17 The meaning recession
25:54 Don't throw your phone in the ocean
27:55 Chapter 2: The 5 essential elements of happiness
39:32 Love: Your brain on love
48:43 Transcendence: The cure for me, me, me
55:54 Calling: What am I meant to do?
1:02:29 Beauty: The beauty deficit
1:09:42 Suffering: Suffering is sacred
1:20:25 Chapter 3: How to overcome your addiction to technology
1:31:13 Get mad, detox, live differently
1:38:42 The detox playbook
1:49:48 A boring life vs. a real life
Read the video transcript ► https://bigthink.com/series/full-interview/meaning-crisis-brooks/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=youtube_description
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About Arthur Brooks:
Arthur C. Brooks is a professor at both the Harvard Kennedy School and Harvard Business School, where he teaches public and nonprofit leadership and management practice. Before joining Harvard in July 2019, he spent ten years as the president of the American Enterprise Institute, a well-known public policy think tank in Washington, DC.
Brooks has written 11 books, including the bestsellers "Love Your Enemies" (2019), "The Conservative Heart" (2015), and "The Road to Freedom" (2012). He writes a column for The Atlantic, hosts the podcast "The Art of Happiness with Arthur Brooks," and is featured in the 2019 documentary "The Pursuit." He also serves on the board of the Legatum Institute, a think tank in London.