I've been looking at the basic neuroscience of these why questions that you've been grappling

with for decades now.

And there's all this correlation between how much you use your devices.

So you use your devices to make your life really efficient and you free up a whole lot of time,

which you then waste by distracting yourself with devices on trivialities and nonsense.

Right?

And it's like, and people are like, I don't know.

I know.

And it's like, well, it's a self-licking ice cream cone is kind of how the thing works.

And not very surprisingly that, you know, happiness is a combination of enjoyment, satisfaction, and meaning.

There's no evidence that people under 35 have lower levels of enjoyment and satisfaction,

but meaning has cratered why.

At some point in our lives, every single one of us has asked ourselves the question,

can I be happier?

There are competing theories.

Some people think we have to learn to be grateful for what we have. That's the secret to happiness. Others think we have to learn to change,

our lifestyle, our habits, or our routines, that that's the secret to happiness. Enter Arthur

Brooks. Arthur would challenge both those theories. He has lived many lives and made some remarkable

career changes, from French horn player to CEO of a think tank with no think tank or fundraising

experience to best-selling author. And through all the changes and challenges, he has learned

exactly what it takes to be happy. In fact, his insights are so good, he actually teaches them in one of the most popular classes at Harvard Business School,

an entire class on happiness.

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