David Brooks || The Quest for a Moral Life
The Psychology Podcast
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4.4 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 27 June 2019
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
Today we have David Brooks on the podcast. Brooks is an op-ed columnist for The New York Times and appears regularly on “PBS NewsHour,” NPR’s “All Things Considered” and NBC’s “Meet the Press.” He teaches at Yale University and is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He is the bestselling author of a number of books, including The Social Animal: The Hidden Sources of Love, Character, and Achievement; The New Upper Class and How They Got There; The Road to Character, and most recently, The Second Mountain: The Quest for a Moral Life.
In this episode we discuss:
- The evolution of David’s thinking about character
- The relationship between our commitments and our fulfillment in life
- Brook’s criticism of self-actualization taken to the extreme
- The four crises of our time
- David’s current stance on reparations
- Why David is a “border stalker”
- How David reconciles the need for commitment with identity fluidity
- Commitment vs. individualism
- The importance of healthy transcendence
- The enunciation moment
- What we can do about the current political landscape
- David’s thoughts on polyamory and the single life
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Psychology Podcast, where we give you insights into the mind, brain, behavior, and creativity. |
| 0:13.7 | I'm Dr. Scott Barry Kaufman, and in each episode I have a conversation with a guest |
| 0:18.0 | who will stimulate your mind and give you a greater understanding of yourself, others, |
| 0:22.1 | and the world we live in. |
| 0:23.8 | Hopefully we'll also provide a glimpse into human possibility. |
| 0:27.3 | Thanks for listening and on the podcast. |
| 0:37.0 | Brooks is an op-ed columnist for the New York Times and appears regularly on PBS News Hour, |
| 0:41.5 | NPR's All Think Considered, |
| 0:43.0 | and NBC's Meet the Press. |
| 0:45.0 | He teaches at Yale University |
| 0:46.0 | and is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. |
| 0:49.0 | He is the best-selling author of a number of books, |
| 0:52.0 | including the Social animal the hidden |
| 0:53.4 | sources of love character and achievement the new upper class and how they got |
| 0:57.6 | there the road to character and most recently the second mountain the quest for |
| 1:02.0 | a moral life David great chat with you today the Second Mountain, The Quest for a Moral Life. |
| 1:03.2 | David, great to chat with you today. |
| 1:05.2 | Great to be with you. |
| 1:06.4 | Yeah, it's a really interesting book. |
| 1:08.1 | And it's interesting to kind of watch the evolution of David Brooks |
| 1:11.5 | by reading David Brooks's books in succession. |
| 1:14.0 | I feel like every one knew that. |
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