25. Is Hedonism Better Than Self-Control?
No Stupid Questions
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🗓️ 1 November 2020
⏱️ 31 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Everybody's got a big butt. |
| 0:01.4 | Hi. |
| 0:02.3 | I'm Antilla Duckworth. |
| 0:03.4 | I'm Stephen Dubner. |
| 0:04.4 | And you're listening to no stupid questions. |
| 0:07.9 | Today on the show, when is it time to put down the task list |
| 0:11.7 | and just chill for a while? |
| 0:13.5 | I quickly discovered that I could do yoga with one device |
| 0:18.1 | and with another check and reply to my emails. |
| 0:21.2 | Also, is it wrong to feel numb to the gravity of the pandemic? |
| 0:25.5 | You compassion this Creighton? |
| 0:31.0 | So, Angela, I see a new study here |
| 0:33.6 | published by researchers at the University of Zurich |
| 0:36.7 | and Rodboud University in the Netherlands, |
| 0:39.0 | which argues that hedonism or pleasure-seeking |
| 0:43.3 | leads to happiness as effectively as self-control |
| 0:48.7 | leads to happiness. |
| 0:49.7 | So... |
| 0:50.6 | Provocative. |
| 0:51.7 | This seems to argue directly against the Angela Duckworth |
| 0:56.2 | School of Achievement leads to happiness, |
| 0:59.3 | which by the way, I subscribe to as well, |
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