Dr. Laurie Santos - Time Affluence, Hedonic Adaptation, and What the Science Says About Ancient Wisdom

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🗓️ 3 April 2021

⏱️ 31 minutes

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My guest today needs no introduction because she is one of the most influential happiness teachers in the world.Dr. Laurie Santos is Professor of Psychology and Head of Silliman College at Yale University. Dr. Santos is an expert on human cognition and the cognitive biases that impede better choices. Her course, “Psychology and the Good Life,” teaches students what the science of psychology says about how to make wiser choices and live a life that’s happier and more fulfilling. The class is Y...

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0:00.0	I am so glad you could join us. I'm your host Mo Gaudet. This podcast is nothing more than a conversation between two good friends sharing inspiring life stories and perhaps
0:16.3	some nuggets of wisdom along the way.
0:20.3	This is your invitation to slow down with us.
0:25.7	Welcome to slow more. My guest today actually needs no introduction because she has the most famous happiness course in history.
0:45.0	When Lori Santos announced her course, psychology and the good life at Yale University,
0:52.0	it was the highest subscribed class in the 300 years of the history of the university.
0:58.7	She then adopted it into a free program on Corsera that has been taken by over 3.3 million people.
1:09.3	So Dr. Lorry Santos is a professor of psychology and the head of the Solomon College at Yale University.
1:18.0	She's an expert in human cognition and the cognition biases that impact better choices.
1:24.0	She, of course, when her course became so popular,
1:28.0	was on the New York Times
1:30.0	and NBC Nightly News, the Today Show, CBS, The Morning NPR.
1:35.0	Her course was published about in GQ magazine, Slate discussed on CNN on O magazine.
1:42.0	Dr. Sentis is the winner of numerous awards both for her
1:46.8	science and teaching from institutions such as Yale and the American
1:50.8	Psychological Association,
1:52.6	but she's also been featured as one of popular sciences
1:57.1	brilliant 10 young minds and was named Times
2:01.5	leading campus celebrity.
2:03.9	She has a podcast, The Happiness Lab,
2:06.0	which launched in 2019 and has been downloaded
2:10.0	over 35 million times.
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