Understanding Desires and the Culture of Contempt

Arthur Brooks (@arthurbrooks) is a social scientist, Washington Post columnist, president of the American Enterprise Institute, and author of Love Your Enemies: How Decent People Can Save America from the Culture of Contempt.

• Why happiness relies on being mindful of what you have right now instead of comparing yourself to others who have what you want.
• A disheartening statistic: One in six Americans has stopped talking to a family member or close friend entirely because of politics.
• How gratitude can be used as an anesthetic for contempt.
• Why a healthy society elevates authoritative leaders in search of cooperation for the greater good over coercive leaders who bully their way toward short-term results.
• Why we should commit not to be -- or interact with people who hide behind being -- anonymous on the Internet.
• And much more...

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