This Will Make You Feel Angry: How Human Impulses Create Bad Policies | Paul Bloom

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Dan Crenshaw

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🗓️ 31 May 2022

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Psychologist Paul Bloom joins us to talk about the core human impulses that control our lives and decision making; along with their profound implications for our culture, politics, and policymaking.

Dr. Paul Bloom is Professor of Psychology at the University of Toronto, and Brooks and Suzanne Ragen Professor Emeritus of Psychology at Yale University. His most recent book is The Sweet Spot: The Pleasures of Suffering and the Search for Meaning. He is also the author of the New York Post Best Book of 2016 Against Empathy: The Case for Rational Compassion. Follow him on Twitter at @paulbloomyale.

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0:00.0	We hold these truths to be self-evident.
0:02.0	But all men are created.
0:04.0	Because I remember Congress, I get to have a lot of really interesting people in the office.
0:07.2	Experts on what they're talking about.
0:09.2	This is the podcast for insights into the issues.
0:11.6	China, bioterrorism, Medicare for all, in-depth discussions.
0:16.0	Breaking it down into simple terms.
0:18.0	We hold these truths with Dan Crenshaw.
0:24.2	All right, welcome back folks.
0:25.4	Today's topic is empathy.
0:27.4	Why it's maybe good, why it's maybe bad, why maybe too much of it can lead to bad things.
0:33.7	And we have an outstanding guest on the show today.
0:35.4	Someone who's a widely acknowledged expert in the field of psychology.
0:38.6	We're now for uncovering psychological insights that impact our lives in countless ways.
0:43.4	His research in the moral psychology also has profound implications for politics and policy making, of course.
0:48.6	Which is what this podcast is about.
0:50.6	So we're going to explore this topic.
0:52.2	How it differs from rational compassion and how empathy often influences many of the major
0:57.2	decisions we make as individuals and as a nation.
1:00.5	So today we have Paul Bloom, professor, Paul Bloom, Dr. Paul Bloom.
1:04.4	Thanks for being on.
1:05.6	Thanks, just coming Paul.
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