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Increasing Our Social Fitness, with Robert Waldinger

Chasing Excellence

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What Do I Get With This Relationship?

We live in this sort of hedonic state where we're constantly chasing either the pleasures of the moment now or trying to push off the pains of tomorrow. And I think that's one of the things that makes some relationships particularly strong if it is mutual, rather than one person being the giver and one person taking it all. You've had a privilege to be able to talk to so many people throughout their lives and particularly as they near the end of their lives.

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