Gad Saad: How to Stay Resilient and Happy After the October 7 Massacre (#378)

Into the Impossible With Brian Keating

Brian Keating

Science, Physics, Natural Sciences

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🗓️ 15 December 2023

⏱️ 70 minutes

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The last two months have been nothing short of terrifying for the Jewish community. How can we stay happy and resilient in times like these? Is it even possible or reasonable? Here to answer this question is none other than the happiness expert himself, Dr. Gad Saad! Dr. Saad is a marketing genius renowned for applying evolutionary psychology to consumer behavior. He is a professor at Concordia University, a behavioral scientist, and a bestselling author. In our hopeful interview, we discuss his latest book, The Saad Truth about Happiness, and how to apply his theory of happiness in times of war. This interview was genuinely delightful in these uncertain times, so be sure to check it out! Key Takeaways: Intro (00:00) Why do we need another book on happiness? (01:10) Proof that academia is the best job in the world (06:15) Judging a book by its cover: The Saad Truth About Happiness (15:34) Would you rather have a Nobel prize or money? (19:33) The relativity of happiness (24:36) How to stay resilient and happy in times of war (34:29) The problem with social media (46:34) Evolutionary dynamics of families and population control (55:16) Balancing short-term pleasure with long-term happiness (1:03:31) Outro (1:08:47) — Additional resources: 📢 Ownership of your health starts with AG1. Try AG1 and get a FREE 1-year supply of Vitamin D3K2 and 5 FREE AG1 Travel Packs with your first purchase 👉 https://drinkag1.com/impossible ➡️ Check out Gad Saad: 💻 Website: https://www.gadsaad.com/ ✖️ Twitter: https://twitter.com/GadSaad ➡️ Follow me on your favorite platforms: ✖️ Twitter: https://twitter.com/DrBrianKeating 🔔 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/DrBrianKeating?sub_confirmation=1 📝 Join my mailing list: https://briankeating.com/mailing_list ✍️ Check out my blog: https://briankeating.com/blog.php 🎙️ Follow my podcast: https://briankeating.com/podcast — Into the Impossible with Brian Keating is a podcast dedicated to all those who want to explore the universe within and beyond the known. Make sure to follow so you never miss an episode! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Today we featured two-time guest Dr. Gad Sad, a marketing genius renowned for applying evolutionary psychology to consumer behavior.
0:07.5	He's a professor at Concordia University, a behavioral scientist, and a best-selling author.
0:12.2	You may know him from his extremely successful YouTube channel, The Sad Truth.
0:17.0	Or you may know him from his previous appearance on the Into the Impossible Podcast,
0:20.8	where he discussed his book, The Priscitic Mind, in which he foretold
0:25.7	of what would become of society starting in 2020, and he was uncaningly accurate, explored
0:31.7	how infectious ideas are killing common sense.
0:35.0	Today though, we dive into a happier topic.
0:37.7	The sad truth about happiness.
0:39.8	Join us for an insightful conversation discovered the eight secrets of living a good life even during times
0:45.8	like these of war conflict, famine, and pestilons. Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
0:57.0	Open the pod bay doors. distinguishable from magic.
1:05.0	Open the pod bay doors now. Professor Sad, how are you my good friend?
1:08.0	Oh good to be with you again.
1:10.0	Thank you for having me.
1:11.0	We're going to go deep into happiness.
1:12.0	We're going to go into a little thermodynamics actually today.
1:16.2	And I know that with your mathematics background at that scourge of the Ivy Leagues, Cornell,
1:21.2	you will be able to hang with that.
1:23.1	But the first thing I wanted to ask you is,
1:26.6	why do we need another book on happiness?
1:28.3	Our mutual friend, Dennis Prager, who we've both been involved with is Preger University which is you know we we you and I believe that that's a real university right get I mean I just want to make it clear for the the in the car. That's not a real university.
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